Pretend to be ill Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pretend to be ill last seen in Telegraph Quick puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MALINGER.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MALINGER Pretend to be ill (8) The Telegraph Quick Sep 13, 2024
40% MALINGERS Pretends to be ill (9) The Guardian Quick Mar 28, 2024
31% INDISPOSED In hell, pretended to be ill (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 3, 2024
25% MALINGERER Mother to loiter hesitantly with one pretending to be ill (10) (10)
25% MALINGERED Mother hung on and pretended she was ill (10) (10)
25% CHAMPAGNE Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink (9)
23% SWINGTHELEAD Idiom meaning to pretend to be ill and shirk work (5,3,4) (12)
4% PLAYACT Pretend (7) Eugene Sheffer Aug 25, 2025
4% FEIGN Pretend (5) Universal Aug 14, 2025
4% POSESAS Pretends to be (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 9, 2025

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