| Like a flea market Rolex, probably |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Sporting body with bit of kickass energy - unreal! (4) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Sporting body with bit of kickass energy - unreal! (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Affected part of week after returning (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Something not genuine, (3) |
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| Sham (4) |
Mirror Classic |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Sham |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Inauthentic (4) |
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| Bogus |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2025 |
| Like a flea market "Rolex," most likely |
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| Cod fish's head put on headless fish a bit like cod |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Bogus, illegitimate (4) |
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| Sham origins of festival are keenly exploited (4) |
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| Phony |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Not real, even of talkies (4) |
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| Counterfeit |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Phony |
Universal |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Phony |
Commuter |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Counterfeit |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Like counterfeit designer bags |
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| Word that when followed by Reaction gives the title of a 2010s game show hosted by Matt Edmondson (4) |
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| Counterfeit bar of chocolate left out |
|
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| Like a plastered-on smile |
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| Haifa kedgeree found not to be real inside (4) |
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| It's untrue that chip has line missing |
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| ____ it till you make it |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Secondly, offered man sketchy merchandise that's counterfeit |
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| Bogus |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Sham, unreliable person putting out line (4) |
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| Bogus |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Cod following white fish in East London (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Forge metal outside Alaska (4) |
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| Like a bag whose logo says "Praada" |
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| Like a designer bag with the company name misspelled |
New York Times Mini |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Deceive... or a hint to how the spellings of the starred clues' answers were formed? |
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| With 68-Across, deceive ... or a hint to how the spellings of the starred clues' answers were formed? |
Universal |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Counterfeit |
The Times Sunday Concise |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Alaska invested in iron forge |
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Some seek a felon on reflection for forgery (4) |
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| Only pretend to coil a rope |
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| Counterfeit |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Feign (4) |
Puzzler |
12 Jun 2024 |
| In the belief a Keating is not the genuine thing (4) |
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| Found to be worthless (4) |
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| Counterfeit |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 May 2024 |
| Imitation (4) |
Puzzler |
09 May 2024 |
| Inauthentic, forged |
The Times Concise |
01 May 2024 |
| Counterfeit of a king in iron (4) |
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| Sofa kept in mock-up interior (4) |
|
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| Knockoff |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Sham religious ascetic avoiding Irish and English (4) |
|
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| Phony |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Art world fraud |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Bogus |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Sham |
The Times Concise |
17 Dec 2023 |
| BBC series co-presented by Fiona Bruce, ---- or Fortune? (4) |
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| ___ news (made-up story) |
|
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| Phoney |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Gucci copy, for one |
|
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| Phony |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Charlatan |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Like a bag with a misspelled brand name |
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| Copy of an original |
|
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| Counterfeit |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Ersatz brass making Charlie a thousand |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Phony |
New York Times |
30 May 2023 |
| Forgery |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Like some plants that don't need watering |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Counterfeit thing |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Counterfeit |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Counterfeit thing |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Bogus |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Bogus |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Like fair-weather friends |
Universal |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Forgery |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2022 |
| Counterfeit, say |
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| Like lashes and tattoos that come off |
Universal |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Imitation |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2022 |
| ___ news, ADS Word of the Year in 2017 which means "disinformation presented as real news" |
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| Affected when chip lacks length |
The Guardian Quiptic |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Affected when chip lacks length |
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| Like some IDs |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Museum embarrassment |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Like many Halloween costume mustaches |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Like many Rolex watches sold on the street |
New York Times |
24 May 2021 |
| ___ news (made-up story) |
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| Counterfeit |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Expert's discovery |
The Washington Post |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Expert's discovery |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Copy of an original |
|
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| Gucci copy, for one |
|
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| Knockoff |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Like bot accounts on social media |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Something that is not genuine |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Bogus |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Fraudulent |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Fraudulent |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Phony |
Universal |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Counterfeit |
Universal |
27 May 2020 |
| Bogus |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2020 |
| At work, discontented, engaged by iron forge |
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| Like C.G.I. |
|
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| The Piltdown Man, notably |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2019 |
| The Piltdown Man, notably |
The Washington Post |
19 Nov 2019 |
| Art buyer's concern |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Art buyer's concern |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Sham |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Sham |
The Washington Post |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Counterfeit |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Copy of an original |
|
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| Counterfeit |
The Times Concise |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Like an orange tan, say |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Sham |
|
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| Art buyer's concern |
|
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| Like an orange tan, say |
|
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| Pretender gets to speak for missing pros |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Like an art piece that's not genuine |
|
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| Like a luxury item at a flea market, say |
|
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| Embarrassment for an art curator |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Ersatz |
Premier Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Counterfeit |
Premier Sunday |
02 Sep 2018 |
| ___ mouse, April Fool's prank using a non-real pesky rodent |
|
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| Street vendor's Gucci, most likely |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Not real |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Bona fide? No |
Universal |
23 Jun 2018 |
| ___ news (untrue news) |
|
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| Word before news or fur |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Knockoff |
Newsday |
25 May 2018 |
| Counterfeit |
The Guardian Speedy |
19 May 2018 |
| ___ news (untrue) |
|
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| Rolex bought on the street, probably |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Like many Rolex watches sold on the street |
|
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| Street vendor's Gucci, most likely |
|
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| Word before news or fur |
|
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| Bona fide? No |
|
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| Embarrassment for an art curator |
|
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| Not real |
|
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| Not bona fide |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2017 |
| False move |
The Washington Post |
26 Oct 2017 |
| False move |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Hoops move |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2017 |
| Hoops move |
The Washington Post |
11 May 2017 |
| Artificial |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Apr 2017 |
| Sham, counterfeit |
The Times Concise |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Phony |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2017 |
| With 66-Across, what might prompt an exclamation of disbelief |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Openings for farriers at key Essex forge |
|
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| Art exhibit embarrassment |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Phony |
|
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| Not bona fide |
|
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| False move |
|
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| Hoops move |
|
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| Art expert's discovery |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Counterfeit object |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Counterfeit |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Not real |
Universal |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Bogus fact kept outside court exercises |
|
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| Rip off the edges of fancy cake |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Jul 2016 |
| Charlatan |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2016 |
| Clifford Irving's 'Autobiography of Howard Hughes,' e.g |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Affected part of week after returning |
|
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| Not real |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Art expert's discovery |
|
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| Charlatan |
|
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| Not real |
|
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| Not genuine |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Faux |
Universal |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Counterfeit |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Faux |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Counterfeit |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Sep 2015 |
| Like knockoff goods |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2015 |
| Like some lashes and tans |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2015 |
| False move |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Not genuine |
|
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| Faux |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| False move |
|
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| Faux |
|
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| Like knockoff goods |
|
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| Like some lashes and tans |
|
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| Like some collectibles |
|
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| Forgery |
|
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| Certain "Antiques Roadshow" discovery |
|
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| Knockoff |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Deceptive move |
|
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| Museum embarrassment |
|
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| Seether "___ It" |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Handoff that isn't |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Cry wolf or play possum |
|
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| What some consider the 38-Across to be |
|
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| Gridiron move |
|
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| With 24-Across, bluff |
|
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| Pretend |
|
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| Impostor |
|
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| Knockoff |
|
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| Made of paste, say |
|
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| Sham |
|
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| Sham |
|
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| Not the real McCoy |
|
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| Embarrassment for a curator |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Charlatan |
|
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| Phony |
|
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| Quack |
|
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| Impostor |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Charlatan |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Imitation |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Quack |
|
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| Like some IDs |
|
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| Feign |
|
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| Like some furs |
|
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| Feign |
|
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| Simulate |
|
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| Imitation |
|
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| Knockoff |
|
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| Impostor |
|
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| Not the real McCoy |
|
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| Faux |
|
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| Impostor |
|
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| Like a flea-market Gucci, probably |
|
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| Charlatan |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Gridiron move |
|
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| Deceptive play |
|
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| Faux |
|
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| Sham |
|
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| Like some furs |
|
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| Play possum or cry wolf |
|
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| Fabricate |
|
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| Simulate |
|
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| Unreal? |
|
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| False move |
|
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| Museum embarrassment |
|
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| Fabricate |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Counterfeit |
|
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| Impostor |
|
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| Gridiron maneuver |
|
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| Sham |
|
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| Faux |
|
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| Sham |
|
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| Unreal |
|
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| Imposter |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Mountebank |
|
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| Hoax |
|
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| Like some furs |
|
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| Imitation |
|
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| Imposter |
|
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| Not genuine |
|
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| Fraudulent |
|
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| Improvise, in jazz |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Spurious |
|
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| Bogus |
|
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| Three-dollar bill |
|
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| Ersatz |
|
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| Charlatan |
|
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| Four-flusher |
|
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| QB's feint |
|
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| Popular kind of fur |
|
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| Bogus. |
|
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| Dissimulate. |
|
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| Coil (a rope). |
|
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| Designed to deceive. |
|
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| Make-believe. |
|
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| Imitation. |
|
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| Counterfeit. |
|
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| Sham: Colloq. |
|
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| Fraud. |
|
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| Pretend |
|
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| Football maneuver. |
|
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| Phony. |
|
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| Charlatan. |
|
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| Not genuine: Colloq. |
|
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| Loop of coiled rope. |
|
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| Mountebank. |
|
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| Quacksalver. |
|
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| Not genuine. |
|
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| Humbug. |
|
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| Fraudulent. |
|
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| Phoney |
|
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