Swimmer, the Italian, to beat pretender (9) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHARLATAN Swimmer, the Italian, to beat pretender (9) (9) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 4, 2024
7% ACTAS Pretend to be (5) The Washington Post Mini Aug 18, 2026
7% ACT Pretend (3) LA Times Daily Aug 6, 2026
7% ACTING Pretending (6) The Times Concise Aug 3, 2026
7% FEIGN Pretend (5) New York Times Aug 2, 2026
7% IMITATE Pretend to be (7) Newsday Jun 28, 2026
6% TROUT Stream swimmer (5) Thomas Joseph Aug 21, 2026
6% EEL Slinky swimmer (3) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2026
6% BAMBINO Young Italian child Italian (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Aug 17, 2026
6% DARA Olympic swimmer Torres (4) LA Times Daily Aug 14, 2026

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