Pretend to be Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pretend to be featured in Washington Post Mini puzzle on August 18, 2026. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ACTAS.

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11 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
ACTAS Pretend to be (5) The Washington Post Mini Aug 18, 2026
IMITATE Pretend to be (7) Newsday Jun 28, 2026
ACT Pretend to be (3)
POSEAS Pretend to be (6) Premier Sunday Jan 25, 2026
PLAY Pretend to be (4) Newsday Jan 29, 2022
APE Pretend to be (3)
SIMULATE Pretend to be (8) Eugene Sheffer Apr 8, 2015
IMPERSONATE Pretend to be (11)
SEEM Pretend to be (4)
GOAS Pretend to be (4)

29 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
36% ACTNATURAL Pretend - not pretending (10)
35% ACTING Pretending (6) The Times Concise Aug 3, 2026
35% FEIGN Pretend (5) New York Times Aug 2, 2026
32% ACTASIF Pretend (7) LA Times Daily Feb 28, 2026
32% PLAYACT Pretend (7) Eugene Sheffer Aug 25, 2025
32% POSESAS Pretends to be (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 9, 2025
32% IMAGINARY Pretend (9)
32% FEIGNED Pretended (7) LA Times Daily Jun 20, 2024
32% LETSON Pretends (6) New York Times Dec 27, 2022
32% POSEDAS Pretended to be (7) Wall Street Journal Dec 14, 2022

Clues for The Washington Post Mini Puzzle on August 18, 2026

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