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Answer: REDHERRING

REDHERRING is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 20 times.

• Misleading clue
• Misleading lead
• Fake footprint at the murder scene, e.g.
• CARDINALFISH?
• False lead
• Decoy, of sorts
• Attention diverter
• Misleading evidence
• Embarrassed fish?
• Mystery misdirection
• Fishy diversion
• Something that distracts attention from the real issue
• Deliberate distraction
• Deception
• *Whodunit staple
• Purposeful misdirection
• Distracting literary device
• Whodunit misdirection
• Don't be misled by this
• Piece of literary misdirection