Deception
The crossword clue "Deception" is answered by LIE, a 3-letter entry. Used 34 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIE answer page.
Used 34 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 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.
- FLAM (17 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIE, most used first.
- Fib - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Whopper - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
- Tell tales - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
- Falsehood - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Recline - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Tell a whopper - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevaricate - used 73 times, most recently in 2024
- Golfer's concern - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
- Tell it like it isn't - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Untruth - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Commit perjury - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Tall tale - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Golf position - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Be untruthful - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Fish story - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Fabrication - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretch the truth - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Golf ball position - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Tell a fib - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Be situated - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairway position - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
- Make stuff up - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Perjure oneself - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Tell whoppers - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Be deceitful - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Prevarication - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Golf ball's position - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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