Fake financial scheme — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 19 2022 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SCAM
4 letters
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Play a part in a Ponzi scheme
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
What a calling "Nigerian Prince" may be trying to do
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
SCAM
4
Fraudulent scheme
SCAM
4
Ponzi or phishing scheme, e.g.
SCAM
4
Pyramid scheme, e.g.
SCAM
4
Many a pyramid scheme
SCAM
4
Money-losing racket
SCAM
4
Still slightly wet
DAMP
4
Fawn's mother
DOE
3
"Ultraviolence" singer ___ Del Rey
LANA
4
Jacob's biblical twin
ESAU
4
"In a league of their ___"
OWN
3
"The ___," series about a high school reunion, starring Tiffany Haddish and Sam Richardson on Apple TV+
AFTERPARTY
10
Advanced in age, say
OLD
3
___ hours (early)
WEE
3
Jazz genre of the '40s
BOP
3
Suffix with "mountain" or "auction"
EER
3
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