Deceptive talk
The crossword clue "Deceptive talk" is answered by JIVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JIVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JIVE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HUMBUG (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for JIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by JIVE, most used first.
- Swing music - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Jazz jargon - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Baloney - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Nonsense - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Jazzy jargon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hepcat talk - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Hipster's jargon - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Jazz lingo - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Back talk - SASS, used 334 times
- Talk back to - SASS, used 156 times
- Casual talk - CHAT, used 58 times
- Talk back - SASS, used 57 times
- Fresh talk - SASS, used 55 times
- Talk wildly - RANT, used 52 times
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