Answer: PLACEBO
PLACEBO is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 40 times.
Referring Clues:
- A person may be taken in by taking it
- Part of a test, maybe
- Part of many a test
- Test control
- Medical test control substance
- Control group's pill
- It might have an effect
- Sugar pill
- Control group handout
- Control-group dose
- Clinical trial offering, perhaps
- Sugar pill, say
- Clinical-trial need
- Controversial testing component
- Part of many a drug test
- Drug tester's control substance
- Dummy drug
- Sugar pill, e.g.
- Ersatz pill
- Phony medicine
- Inert medication
- Pill with no intended effect
- Drug trial staple
- It should have no effect
- Medicine-free medicine
- Means of rigorous control
- Clinical-trial staple
- Fake pill
- Control-group handout
- Inactive medication
- Control substance?
- Medically ineffectual treatment
- Fake medicine
- Inert pill
- Control in a clinical study
- Treatment that shouldn't have an effect
- ... and bring on singer Diddley instead?
- Pill in experimental studies
- "Medicine" that doesn't actually contain medicine
- Pill for a control group
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - January 10, 2023
- New York Times - May 10, 2021
- New York Times - March 09, 2021
- Universal - June 24, 2020
- USA Today - April 15, 2020
- Universal - September 04, 2019
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - January 07, 2018
- Universal - February 28, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 29, 2016
- LA Times - January 21, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 10, 2015
- Universal - February 28, 2015
- Netword - July 25, 2014
- LA Times - June 29, 2014
- Netword - November 23, 2013
- Universal - September 21, 2013
- New York Times - July 14, 2013
- Universal - May 06, 2013
- Washington Post - March 03, 2013
- Washington Post - August 16, 2012
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