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