Clue | Length | Answer |
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Ostensible motive | 4 letters | veil |
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Ostensible motive | 4 letters | show |
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Ostensible motive | 5 letters | trick |
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Ostensible motive | 6 letters | screen |
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Ostensible motive | 6 letters | refuge |
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Ostensible motive | 7 letters | varnish |
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Ostensible motive | 7 letters | pretext |
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Ostensible motive | 8 letters | pretense |
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Ostensible motive | 9 letters | semblance |
Ostensible motive | 9 letters | stratagem |
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Ostensible motive | 10 letters | subterfuge |
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Ostensible motive | 10 letters | pretension |
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Ostensible motive | 12 letters | smoke-screen |
Ostensible motive | 12 letters | protestation |
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Ostensible motive | 14 letters | stalking-horse |
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