Humorous or malicious deception (4) |
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The Cardiff Giant, for one |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2024 |
Joking deception (4) |
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Hot draft animal maintains a deception (4) |
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Deceptive trick or scam (4) |
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Something false that has been passed off as genuine (4) |
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Con man's trick |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2024 |
Snopes.com entry, perhaps? |
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Home Office careless, missing first scam |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Feb 2024 |
Hoodwink |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2024 |
Deception |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Feb 2024 |
No angle is hexagonal? Humbug! (4) |
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Fake news article on April Fool's Day say |
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Scam |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jan 2024 |
It's phony-baloney |
Universal |
15 Jan 2024 |
Elaborate deception |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2024 |
Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2024 |
Fraud, deception (4) |
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Murphy |
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Public prank |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
Like stories surrounding 11a, perhaps (rhymes with "coax") |
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Sidd Finch, in baseball journalism lore |
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Big fake |
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Loch Ness monster, apparently |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2023 |
Deception |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Nov 2023 |
What a cryptid might be |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2023 |
Elaborate fraud |
Family Time |
10 Sep 2023 |
Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2023 |
Like an urban legend |
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Act of deception (rhymes with "coax") |
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Crop circles, for one |
Universal |
05 Jul 2023 |
Many a cryptid sighting, e.g |
Universal |
16 Jun 2023 |
Evidence of a 49-Across, presumably |
Universal |
23 May 2023 |
Debunker's target |
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Dupe |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Apr 2023 |
Fabricated story |
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Elaborate ruse |
Universal |
29 Jan 2023 |
Deception |
The Times Concise |
17 Nov 2022 |
Stop scratching head and vote for fraud |
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Deceptive trick |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2022 |
Dupe |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Oct 2022 |
Initially head off a sign of voting fraud |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Oct 2022 |
Woman not oddly cross after husband's practical joke |
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Deliberate false alarm |
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Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Sep 2022 |
Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2022 |
Abominable Snowman (probably) |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2022 |
Elaborate deception |
Newsday |
12 May 2022 |
Prankster's project |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2022 |
Elaborate ruse |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2022 |
Deceptive trick |
The Times Concise |
30 Dec 2021 |
Intentional false alarm? |
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Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2021 |
Virtually hot and cross after a practical joke |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2021 |
Deliberate trick |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Oct 2021 |
Act of deception |
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Major deception |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2021 |
Elaborate ruse |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2021 |
Elaborate ruse |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2021 |
Like some UFO sightings |
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Deceptive act |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2021 |
Deceptive act |
The Washington Post |
22 May 2021 |
One may get pulled in deception |
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Stop wife leaving by trick |
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Humorous deception |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Mar 2021 |
Elaborate deception |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2021 |
Elaborate fraud |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2021 |
Take in cable, with height not constant |
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Many an April 1 “news” item |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2021 |
Stop scratching head and vote for fraud |
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Like some UFO sightings (rhymes with "coax") |
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Trick Xhosa played after son left |
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Elaborate ruse |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2020 |
Spoof |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2020 |
Deception |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2020 |
It can be spread by a doctored photograph |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
Candidate for debunking |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2019 |
Many an urban legend |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2019 |
It's not for real |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2019 |
Elaborate deception |
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Elaborate deception |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2019 |
Mencken’s history of the bathtub, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2019 |
The Cardiff Giant, notably |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2019 |
The Cardiff Giant, notably |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2019 |
Like some UFO sightings |
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1869's Cardiff Giant, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2019 |
April Fools' Day rumor, for e.g. |
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Deceptive trick |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2019 |
Kid's hard, picked up fellers' targets? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 May 2019 |
Intended trick or prank |
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Prank |
The Times Concise |
19 May 2019 |
Deceptive trick |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2019 |
Set up housing loans from Halifax banks |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Jan 2019 |
1869's Cardiff Giant, e.g. |
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The Cardiff Giant, notably |
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Mencken's history of the bathtub, e.g. |
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Flimflam |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2018 |
Deception |
The Times Concise |
28 Nov 2018 |
Con man's trick |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Oct 2018 |
Hoodwink |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2018 |
Elaborate prank |
Universal |
27 Jul 2018 |
Practical joke, a leg-pull |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
17 Jun 2018 |
Elaborate prank |
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Hoodwink |
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Snopes.com subject |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
Debunked thing |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Nov 2017 |
Prank |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2017 |
Barnum's 'Feejee Mermaid,' e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2017 |
Fraud |
The Washington Post |
24 Jul 2017 |
Fraud |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2017 |
A fabricated event or piece of news, sometimes done as a practical joke |
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Attempt to attract attention with a kiss that deceives |
The Times Cryptic |
25 May 2017 |
Major prank |
Newsday |
18 May 2017 |
Scam |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Mar 2017 |
Scam or sham |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2017 |
Elaborate ruse |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2017 |
Relative of fake news |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2017 |
Relative of fake news |
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Elaborate ruse |
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Fraud |
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Fraud |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2016 |
Crop circles, e.g |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2016 |
Welles's 'The War of the Worlds,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2016 |
Put-on |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2016 |
Deception |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Sep 2016 |
Set-up housing loans from Halifax banks (4) |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Aug 2016 |
Put-on |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2016 |
Publicity stunt, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2016 |
Scam |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2016 |
Scam |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2016 |
Put on |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2016 |
Put-on |
The Washington Post |
28 Jan 2016 |
Gull in trees with aspiration, we hear? |
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Deceptive deed |
The Washington Post |
03 Jan 2016 |
Put-on |
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Put-on |
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Crop circles, e.g. |
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Major prank |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2015 |
Fake |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2015 |
Horse — farm animal — eating a gull |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Nov 2015 |
What an unbelievable YouTube video might be |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2015 |
Deceptive trick, could be malicious |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Jun 2015 |
Practical joke |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 May 2015 |
Practical joke, tho', not beginning with a kiss |
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Trick |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jan 2015 |
What an unbelievable YouTube video might be |
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Fake |
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Major prank |
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Fast one hardly observes at Xmas, first of all |
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Fool in house is useless with a kiss |
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Husband gets one involved in neat trick |
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Deception |
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April 1st antic |
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Elaborate fraud |
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Robin Davey band The ___ |
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April 1 trick |
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Scam or sham |
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Dupe's downfall |
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Swindle |
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Stratagem |
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Manti Te'o's girlfriend, for one |
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Piltdown man, for one |
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Trick gives prostitute a kiss |
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Piltdown man, for one |
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Bamboozle |
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Piltdown Man, e.g. |
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Snopes.com subject |
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Many a P.T. Barnum exhibit |
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Global warming, some say |
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Barnum's Fiji mermaid, for one |
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Barnum's Fiji mermaid, for one |
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"The War of the Worlds" broadcast, notably |
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, e.g. |
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Fraud |
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Many an urban legend |
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"The War of the Worlds" broadcast, notably |
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Elaborate ruse |
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April 1 news story, maybe |
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Fraud |
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Cottingley Fairies, for one |
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Put one over on |
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Debunker's target |
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Elaborate fake |
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Elaborate fraud |
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Piltdown man, say |
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Piltdown man, say |
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1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one |
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Deceitful device |
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April Fool's Day prank |
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1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one |
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Sham or scam |
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Snow job |
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Sting, for instance |
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It's perpetrated by a prankster |
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Piltdown man, e.g. |
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Elaborate fraud |
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Con |
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Piltdown man, e.g. |
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Mare's nest |
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"Balloon Boy," for one |
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Sting, for instance |
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UFO photo, perhaps |
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Major prank |
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It's a trick |
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Something intended to deceive |
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Dupery |
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Piltdown man, notably |
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Deceptive act |
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Elaborate April fool |
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April 1 event |
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Bigfoot photo, e.g. |
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April 1st event |
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The Piltdown Man, notably |
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Subject of a forwarded e-mail, often |
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Imposture |
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Debunked thing |
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Fraudulent event |
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Elaborate lie |
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Sham |
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Many a P.T. Barnum attraction |
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Fake |
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Elaborate falsehood |
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Hoodwink |
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Prankster's project |
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Art forgery, maybe |
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Piltdown man, e.g. |
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The Cardiff Giant, for one |
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Elaborate ruse |
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Welles' Martian invasion broadcast, e.g. |
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Piltdown man, for one |
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Fraudulence |
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Scam |
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Hoodwink |
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The 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one |
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Hornswoggle |
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The Cardiff Giant, for one |
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Debunker's target |
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Con |
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The Piltdown Man, e.g. |
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The 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one |
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The Hitler Diaries, e.g. |
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Put-on |
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Like a famous Welles radio broadcast |
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Fast one |
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Bamboozlement |
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Put-on |
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It's not for real |
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False claim |
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Put-on |
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Piltdown Man, for one |
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Forged artifact, e.g. |
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Flimflam |
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Like an urban legend |
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The Piltdown man, e.g. |
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Martian invasion report, e.g. |
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The Piltdown man, notably |
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Put-on |
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Spoof |
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Hornswoggle |
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Deception |
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The Piltdown man, notably |
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Hornswoggle |
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Piltdown Man, for one |
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The Cardiff Giant, e.g. |
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Put-on |
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Bamboozle |
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Campus prank, often |
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Piltdown Man, e.g. |
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Deception |
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Piltdown man, e.g. |
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The Piltdown man, e.g. |
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Attempted deception |
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The Piltdown man, e.g. |
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Plan to fool |
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Elaborate lie |
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Trickster's deception |
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The Piltdown man, for one |
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UFO's, perhaps |
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Hoodwink |
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Put-on |
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Deceitful act |
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Hornswoggle |
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Deceitful act |
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Trick |
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Mare's nest |
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Crop circles, e.g. |
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Fraudulent claim |
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Mare's-nest |
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England's crop circles, notably |
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The Piltdown Man, for one |
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Welles' Martian invasion broadcast, e.g. |
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Deception |
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Deception |
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Flimflam |
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Bamboozle |
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Practical joke |
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Major prank |
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Martian invasion report, e.g. |
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Practical joke |
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Rip-off |
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Fraud |
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Practical joke |
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Imposture |
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Mare's-nest |
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Practical joke |
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Ruse |
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Canard |
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Practical joke, e.g. |
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Fraud |
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Mare's nest |
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Hitler's diaries, e.g. |
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Dupe |
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Flimflam |
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Mislead. |
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Piltdown man, for one. |
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Deception. |
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Trick. |
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Mare's-nest. |
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Fraud. |
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Wily trick. |
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Practical joke. |
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The Cardiff Giant was one. |
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Kurt Vonnegut's faux commencement address e-mail, e.g. |
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Milli Vanilli, famously |
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Like many a catfish relationship |
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Facebook privacy announcement, e.g. |
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