Scoundrel - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(I know that knave is a type of scoundrel)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for knave that I've seen before include "A swindler" , "Villain - jack" , "Rapscallion" , "Scoundrel - card" , "one found amongst thieves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Mirror, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the USA Today, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, the Universal, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday and The Independent.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(I know that scoundrel can be written as villain)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for villain that I've seen before include "Principal wicked character" , "Criminal, rogue" , "Bad guy" , "One played badly" , "Scoundrel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press and the King Feature Syndicate.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(both can mean a nasty person)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for rotter that I've seen before include "One decomposing" , "one going bad?" , "Absolute bounder" , "baddie" , "Bad lot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Universal, The Telegraph, The Sun and the Newsday.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(I know that rascal is a type of scoundrel)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for rascal that I've seen before include "not one to be admired" , "Affectionate term for imp" , "Horror" , "A scoundrel or scamp" , "Reprobate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Universal, The Telegraph, The Sun and the Newsday.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(cur can mean a despicable person)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cur that I've seen before include "Scoundrel; mongrel dog" , "A low worthless dog" , "Mangy dog" , "Surly dog (or person)" , "Base fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the Universal, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday and The Independent.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(cad is a kind of scoundrel)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for cad that I've seen before include "Ungentlemanly person" , "Heel" , "A rotten chap, no integrity" , "Bounder, scoundrel" , "Dishonourable man of decadent sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, the Universal, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday and The Independent.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(I know that blackguard is a type of scoundrel)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for blackguard that I've seen before include "Contemptible scoundrel" , "Dishonourable man" , "Villain" , "rogue" , "miscreant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent, The Sunday Times, the Newsday and the Evening Standard.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(heel can mean a scoundrel or villain)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for heel that I've seen before include "Keel over" , "Dog training command" , "Cad,bounder, blackguard" , "Crusty end of a loaf" , "site of Achilles' downfall?" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror and The Star Tribune.

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(historical term for a debauched man)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for roue that I've seen before include "Elderly debauched man" , "A dissolute elderly man in France" , "One seeking personal gratification" , "A French rake, dissipated fellow" , "A French rake, dissolute man" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror and The Star Tribune.

(Other definitions for so-and-so that I've seen before include "Right little rascal!" , "Unnamed person" , "Someone or other - unpleasant person!" , "Person unspecified or abjured" , "Unpleasant person - whose name has been forgotten!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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