SCAM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SCAM in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "SCAM" answer was first appeared in "5 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Sucker play". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "SCAM" answer has been used for "6 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Hustle (6)". It was authored by Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Hustle (6)". "SCAM" appeared 153 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SCAM" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2023 | 5A | Hustle | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| 5 Aug 2023 | 11A | Con | John Guzzetta |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 32D | Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps | Daniel Jaret |
| 23 Apr 2023 | 51A | Bamboozle | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| 13 Sep 2022 | 5D | Ponzi scheme, for one | Adam Wagner |
| 6 Jun 2022 | 22A | Do the hustle? | Michael Schlossberg |
| 25 May 2022 | 33D | Almost every get-rich-quick scheme | Christopher Youngs |
| 30 Apr 2022 | 54D | Hustle | Joe DiPietro |
| 9 Apr 2022 | 32D | Racket | Sam Buchbinder |
| 4 Feb 2022 | 53D | Bamboozle | Joseph Greenbaum |
| 13 Sep 2021 | 57D | Con job | A. Tariq |
| 13 Jul 2021 | 39A | Email about big lottery winnings, usually | Bruce Haight |
| 21 Jun 2021 | 6A | Many a get-rich-quick scheme | Jacob Stulberg |
| 25 Apr 2021 | 102A | Hoodwink | Jeremy Newton |
| 11 Jan 2021 | 10A | Swindle | Martha Kimes |
| 24 Dec 2020 | 45D | Kind of artist | Billy Ouska |
| 3 Oct 2020 | 54D | With 41-Down, swindlers | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| 8 Jun 2020 | 14D | Swindle | Kyle Dolan |
| 11 Mar 2020 | 29A | Fake I.R.S. call, e.g. | Erik Agard |
| 5 Dec 2019 | 18A | Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation | Neville Fogarty |
| 3 Nov 2019 | 1D | Grifter’s game | Kristian House |
| 23 Jul 2019 | 22D | Rip-off | Kyle Dolan |
| 14 Jul 2019 | 9A | Racket | Caitlin Reid |
| 8 Jul 2019 | 10A | Almost any offer that’s too good to be true | Ned White |
| 5 Jul 2019 | 34A | Pull a fast one on | Freddie Cheng |
| 27 May 2019 | 56D | Grifter’s game | Bruce Haight |
| 9 Apr 2019 | 8A | Apple varieties / Trick | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 27 Feb 2019 | 10A | Phishing scheme, e.g. | Will Nediger |
| 10 Feb 2019 | 111D | Ponzi scheme, e.g. | Lee Taylor |
| 4 Jun 2018 | 6D | Run a con on | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 11 May 2017 | 1A | Rook or gull | Timothy Polin |
| 25 Jan 2017 | 32A | Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g. | Tracy Gray |
| 14 Aug 2016 | 46A | Attorney general’s investigation target | Ian Livengood |
| 8 Jan 2016 | 18A | Deal with a huge catch | Peter A. Collins |
| 4 Oct 2015 | 60D | Play for a fool | Jeremy Newton |
| 3 May 2015 | 25A | Take for a ride | Dan Schoenholz |
| 3 Mar 2015 | 61A | Flimflam | Kristian House |
| 18 Jan 2015 | 66A | Arrangement of hosing? | Joe Krozel |
| 27 Nov 2014 | 5D | Put one over on | Stanley Newman |
| 22 Sep 2014 | 10A | Almost any “Get rich quick!” offer | Ian Livengood |
| 22 Jul 2014 | 53A | Get-rich-quick offer, typically | Joel Fagliano |
| 15 Jul 2014 | 5A | Many a carnival game | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 24 Jun 2014 | 33D | Grift, e.g. | Heather Valadez |
| 18 May 2014 | 39A | One may take you in | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Feb 2014 | 33D | Source of ill-gotten gains | Joe Krozel |
| 1 Apr 2013 | 1A | Fool | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 18 Mar 2013 | 35A | Fleecing | Daniel Landman |
| 11 Feb 2013 | 35A | Swindle | Gary Cee |
| 5 Feb 2013 | 6A | Do a Bernie Madoff job on | Robert A. Doll |
| 23 Dec 2012 | 118A | Too-good-to-be-true offer, often | Joe DiPietro |
| 24 Nov 2012 | 51A | Hustle | Josh Knapp |
| 28 Sep 2012 | 45A | Phishing lure? | Ed Sessa |
| 8 Feb 2012 | 55D | Con game | Lynn Lempel |
| 25 Sep 2011 | 9A | Goal of phishing | Paul Hunsberger |
| 18 Sep 2011 | 98A | E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually | Josh Knapp |
| 2 Mar 2011 | 51D | E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably | David Poole |
| 15 Dec 2010 | 36D | Bernie Madoff’s hedge fund, e.g. | John Lampkin |
| 8 Nov 2010 | 55D | Offer that’s too good to be true, often | John Dunn |
| 30 Oct 2010 | 24A | Contrivance for taking people for a ride | Barry C. Silk |
| 20 Sep 2010 | 7D | Many an e-mail “click here” offer | Bernice Gordon |
| 22 Aug 2010 | 85D | Hustle | Patrick Berry |
| 16 Jul 2010 | 5A | One reported to the Better Business Bureau | Mel Rosen |
| 12 Mar 2010 | 53D | It takes folks in | Tim Croce |
| 1 Jul 2009 | 7A | Ripoff | David J. Kahn |
| 2 Jun 2009 | 54D | Hustle | Patrick Blindauer |
| 25 Dec 2008 | 29A | Con | Eric Tentarelli |
| 7 Jun 2008 | 10A | Fleece | Karen M. Tracey |
| 18 Dec 2007 | 10A | Con game | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 11 Nov 2007 | 119D | Con game | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Feb 2007 | 1D | E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g. | Peter A. Collins |
| 15 Feb 2007 | 40A | Fast one | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| 15 Nov 2006 | 25A | Ponzi scheme, e.g. | David Benkof |
| 25 Oct 2006 | 52D | Ripoff | Adam G. Perl |
| 24 Sep 2006 | 80D | Offer that seems too good to be true, probably | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| 19 Sep 2006 | 27D | Shell game | Allan E. Parrish |
| 15 Aug 2006 | 14A | Shell game, e.g. | David Sullivan |
| 19 Jun 2006 | 1A | E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g. | Raymond Hamel |
| 10 Apr 2006 | 55D | Rip-off | Gary J. Whitehead |
| 4 Mar 2006 | 28D | Hustle | Bob Peoples |
| 16 Feb 2006 | 14A | Fleece | Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon |
| 19 Oct 2005 | 51A | Hoodwink | Levi Denham |
| 27 Mar 2005 | 106D | Take for a ride | Con Pederson |
| 15 Oct 2004 | 29D | One may take you in | Eric Berlin |
| 1 Sep 2004 | 54D | Ponzi scheme, e.g. | Jim Conklin |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 1D | Cozenage | Joe DiPietro |
| 4 Jul 2004 | 133D | Pyramid scheme | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 22 May 2004 | 48A | Money-losing proposition | Mark Diehl |
| 25 Jan 2004 | 28A | Fleece | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 14 Nov 2003 | 26A | Shell game | Myles Callum |
| 8 Oct 2003 | 6A | Swindle | Peter Sarrett |
| 11 Aug 2003 | 37D | Pyramid scheme, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
| 19 Nov 2002 | 28D | Trick | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 10 Nov 2002 | 3D | Ripoff | Cathy Millhauser |
| 24 Oct 2002 | 10A | Ensnaring scheme | Patrick Merrell |
| 28 Aug 2002 | 6A | Sting | Mel Taub |
| 8 Jul 2002 | 1A | Fraud | Sheldon Benardo |
| 8 Mar 2002 | 53D | Cheat | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Nov 2001 | 45D | Fleece | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Sep 2001 | 1A | Con game | Stephen Budiansky |
| 19 Mar 2001 | 59D | Swindle | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Jul 2000 | 5D | Defraud | Rich Norris |
| 25 May 2000 | 6D | Ripoff | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 19 Apr 2000 | 5A | Fast one | Frances Hansen |
| 17 Jan 2000 | 10A | Con game | Trip Payne |
| 4 Dec 1999 | 5D | Fleece | Rich Norris |
| 6 Sep 1999 | 9A | Swindle | Manny Nosowsky |
| 26 Jul 1999 | 3D | Ripoff | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 30 May 1999 | 48D | Fraud | Cathy Millhauser |
| 18 May 1999 | 19A | Fraudulent operation | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| 23 Mar 1999 | 52D | Defraud | Nathaniel Weiss |
| 2 Feb 1999 | 1A | Con game | Norma Steinberg |
| 24 Sep 1998 | 43A | Con | Frances Hansen |
| 20 Sep 1998 | 15D | Fast shuffle, so to speak | Charles M. Deber |
| 18 Aug 1998 | 1D | Rip-off | Nancy Salomon |
| 17 Aug 1998 | 53D | Con game | Gregory E. Paul |
| 8 Jun 1998 | 10A | Con artist’s art | Mark Danna |
| 22 May 1998 | 60D | Run a game on | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 13 Apr 1998 | 5A | Rip-off | Gregory E. Paul |
| 1 Mar 1998 | 37D | Swindle | Cathy Millhauser |
| 17 Feb 1998 | 10A | Swindle | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| 15 Jan 1998 | 52D | Sting | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| 26 Aug 1997 | 21A | Pull a con | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 10 Aug 1997 | 113D | Sting | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 11 Jun 1997 | 1D | Swindle | Rich Norris |
| 26 May 1997 | 10A | Fraud | Eileen Lexau |
| 19 Mar 1997 | 31A | Con job | Trip Payne |
| 26 Dec 1996 | 52D | Con | R. H. Burns |
| 27 Oct 1996 | 88A | Con game | N. N. Joline |
| 9 Oct 1996 | 6A | Fast one | R. Hughes |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 51A | Money-losing proposition | S. L. Robbins |
| 22 Sep 1996 | 77A | Rip off | C. Millhauser |
| 8 Jul 1996 | 26D | Con man’s con | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 5 Feb 1996 | 1D | Swindle | Robert Katz |
| 4 Feb 1996 | 1A | Deception | D. J. Kahn |
| 11 Oct 1995 | 10A | Telemarketing danger | Mary E. Brindamour |
| 21 Sep 1995 | 46D | Con | Chuck Deodene |
| 17 Sep 1995 | 76A | How a fool and his money are parted | Stanley Newman |
| 10 Aug 1995 | 47A | Three-card monte, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Apr 1995 | 36D | Hoax | Rich Norris |
| 6 Apr 1995 | 5A | Case for the consumer affairs bureau | Lois Sidway |
| 26 Mar 1995 | 15A | Rip-off | Rich Norris |
| 26 Dec 1994 | 26D | Ripoff | Gregory E. Paul |
| 29 Nov 1994 | 28A | Con artist’s game | Bernice Gordon |
| 16 Nov 1994 | 10D | Swindle | Chuck Deodene |
| 30 Sep 1994 | 10A | Defraud | Matt Gaffney |
| 20 Jul 1994 | 17A | Con game | Harvey Estes |
| 1 May 1994 | 104D | Ponzi scheme | Peter Gordon |
| 25 Feb 1994 | 7A | Dupe | Bob Lubbers |
| 23 Feb 1994 | 10A | Bunco | Joel Davajan |
| 22 Jan 1994 | 5A | Swindle | Raymond Hamel |
| 19 Jan 1994 | 5A | Pigeon drop, e.g. | Stanley Newman |
| 16 Dec 1993 | 20A | Sting | Nancy Joline |
| 5 Dec 1993 | 52D | Sucker play | Manny Nosowsky |
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