Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink . 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHAMPAGNE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHAMPAGNE Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink (9)
6% SHAM Pretender (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
6% APES Pretends to be (4) Newsday Oct 24, 2025
5% DONTMINDME "Pretend I'm not here" (10) Universal Nov 5, 2025
5% VIRUS Six groups regularly getting illness (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Nov 4, 2025
5% GUILT Remorse expensively covered, we hear (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 3, 2025
5% LETSBOUNCE "We should get out of here" (10) New York Times Oct 31, 2025
5% COY Pretend-shy (3) USA Today Oct 30, 2025
5% INFLUENZA Winter illness * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 30, 2025
5% ABASHED Ill at ease (7) Newsday Oct 30, 2025
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