Mother hung on and pretended she was ill (10) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MALINGERED Mother hung on and pretended she was ill (10) (10)
6% DRAPED Loosely hung (6) Commuter Oct 11, 2025
6% DRIED Hung on the clothesline (5) New York Times Sep 17, 2025
6% PLAYACT Pretend (7) Eugene Sheffer Aug 25, 2025
6% FEIGN Pretend (5) Universal Aug 14, 2025
6% POSESAS Pretends to be (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 9, 2025
6% MALINGERS Mother hangs about, pretends she's ill (9) (9) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 14, 2023
5% HER She/___ (3) USA Today Oct 16, 2025
5% DOE Fawn's mother (3) USA Today Oct 15, 2025
5% MOM Mother, lovingly (3)
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