Deceive
The crossword clue "Deceive" is answered by LEADON, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. 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
LEADON
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEADON answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LEADON
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEADON, most used first.
- Entice - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- String along - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lure - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
Related clues
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- Tenant - LESSEE, used 90 times
- Most recent - LATEST, used 88 times
- One-dimensional - LINEAR, used 74 times
- Hang around - LOITER, used 69 times
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