Make-believe NYT Crossword Clue

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SHAM
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
HoaxCrossword Clue
PretenseCrossword Clue
Decorative pillow coverCrossword Clue
It's totally fakeCrossword Clue
Decorative pillowcaseCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
Sorry excuse for a pillowcase?Crossword Clue
Call for peace by American that’s falseCrossword Clue

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PRETENCE
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Giving a false appearanceCrossword Clue
Show in church after 9:59?Crossword Clue
Show off crêpe, draped round figureCrossword Clue
Cloak essentially 10% offCrossword Clue
DissemblingCrossword Clue
Awful creep, about ten, behaving insincerelyCrossword Clue
Show on television initially in the moneyCrossword Clue
It's just make-believe, if 12-year-old hides a tablet at churchCrossword Clue
Its just make-believe, if 12-year-old hides a tablet at churchCrossword Clue

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PRETENSE
8 Letters
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False appearanceCrossword Clue
False purposeCrossword Clue
Petersen translated fictionCrossword Clue
Preteens slightly altered excuseCrossword Clue
False showCrossword Clue
CharadeCrossword Clue
ShamCrossword Clue
False professionCrossword Clue
ActCrossword Clue
FrontCrossword Clue

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FAKE
4 Letters
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Cod following white fish in East LondonCrossword Clue
Like a designer bag with the company name misspelledCrossword Clue
KnockoffCrossword Clue
PhonyCrossword Clue
Art world fraudCrossword Clue
Not authenticCrossword Clue
PhoneyCrossword Clue
CharlatanCrossword Clue

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UNREAL
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
"Far out!"Crossword Clue
IncredibleCrossword Clue
PreposterousCrossword Clue
PretendCrossword Clue
IllusoryCrossword Clue
A French coin in Brazil? Thats fantasticCrossword Clue
Extraordinary numeral changed after subtraction of thousandCrossword Clue
Fantastic neural changesCrossword Clue
Young at heart learn about fairytaleCrossword Clue

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ACT
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Do somethingCrossword Clue
RoutineCrossword Clue
Play a roleCrossword Clue
Part of a musicalCrossword Clue
Play divisionCrossword Clue
Deed, article put before courtCrossword Clue
One of five in “Hamlet”Crossword Clue
Play a part, or a play partCrossword Clue
Opera divisionCrossword Clue
Work on Broadway, sayCrossword Clue

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FANTASY
7 Letters
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Genre associated with science fictionCrossword Clue
Tolkien specialtyCrossword Clue
Field for N.K. JemisinCrossword Clue
"A Wrinkle in Time" genreCrossword Clue
Stir up hollow story with T&A daydreamCrossword Clue
Cool teaching assistants with a bit of youthful imaginationCrossword Clue
Genre of the "Broken Earth" trilogy by N. K. JemisinCrossword Clue
Fancy drink, with sherry having been emptiedCrossword Clue
DaydreamCrossword Clue

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PRETEND
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Start of a hypotheticalCrossword Clue
Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine!Crossword Clue
Where youll find LA: North Dakota? Not true!Crossword Clue
Producer initially embarrassed about number put onCrossword Clue
Put on pressure dealing with nurseCrossword Clue
FeignCrossword Clue
Act as ifCrossword Clue
Allege darlings concealing a little romp and break offCrossword Clue
Just imagineCrossword Clue
Make believeCrossword Clue

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ELF
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Pole workerCrossword Clue
Will Ferrell holiday filmCrossword Clue
Keebler mascotCrossword Clue
Christmas movie starring Will FerrellCrossword Clue
"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear" filmCrossword Clue
Rivendell residentCrossword Clue
North Pole workerCrossword Clue
Toymaker such as BuddyCrossword Clue
Santa’s helperCrossword Clue
Worker in a Christmas movieCrossword Clue

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IMAGINARYFRIEND
15 Letters
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*Hobbes, vis-à-vis CalvinCrossword Clue
Bud multiplied by the square root of –1?Crossword Clue
Childhood playmate, perhapsCrossword Clue
Hobbes, in "Calvin and Hobbes"Crossword Clue
Hobbes, in "Calvin and Hobbes"Crossword Clue
Childhood chum, of a sortCrossword Clue
Childhood playmateCrossword Clue
Hobbes, to CalvinCrossword Clue
Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes"Crossword Clue
Hobbes in "Calvin and Hobbes"Crossword Clue

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LETSPRETEND
11 Letters

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MUDPIE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Gooey chocolate treatCrossword Clue
Chocolate dessertCrossword Clue
Chocolate dessertCrossword Clue
Dirty dish?Crossword Clue
Kid's slimy 'dessert'Crossword Clue
Child's make-believe dessertCrossword Clue
Chocolate and coffee mousse on pastry base — insult hurledCrossword Clue
*Chocolaty ice cream dessertCrossword Clue
*Chocolaty ice cream dessertCrossword Clue
Chocoholic's dessertCrossword Clue

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PLACEBOS
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Set originally by other setters, they don't really work!Crossword Clue
Inert medications, part spurious to begin with, having boron and oxygenCrossword Clue
Situation with inadequate leader: such will be ineffectiveCrossword Clue
Study pillsCrossword Clue
Nasty niff in locations producing spurious medicationCrossword Clue
Nasty niff in locations producing spurious medicationCrossword Clue
Controls, of a sortCrossword Clue
Harmless drugs with rank smell succeededCrossword Clue
They're supposed to keep you quiet — situation with half the managersCrossword Clue
Sugar pills, e.gCrossword Clue

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PLACEBO
7 Letters
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Medicine which has no physiological effectCrossword Clue
Inactive pill, maybeCrossword Clue
Control group’s treatmentCrossword Clue
Lead boxes contaminate oxygen, substance used in clinical trialsCrossword Clue
Pill for a control groupCrossword Clue
Medicine for the mind to settle personal problemCrossword Clue
Medicine for the mind to settle personal problemCrossword Clue
Psychological relief to find employment for child taking year offCrossword Clue
Opponent originally chasing tie in lead — which has no real effectCrossword Clue
In lab, cope with modifying clinical trial drug?Crossword Clue

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SANDMAN
7 Letters
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Mythical character who makes people sleepyCrossword Clue
Bringer of sleep and dreamsCrossword Clue
Sexual practice with an after-dark visitorCrossword Clue
Kinky sex, an aid in falling asleepCrossword Clue
Folklore sleep aidCrossword Clue
Sleep inducer of folkloreCrossword Clue
Kinky practices with an individual who might get you dreamingCrossword Clue
Kinky practices with an individual who might get you dreamingCrossword Clue
Bringer of sleepCrossword Clue
Elf leader sees adult leaving Indian islandsCrossword Clue

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IMAGINE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
EnvisionCrossword Clue
"Just think ... "Crossword Clue
SupposeCrossword Clue
PictureCrossword Clue
Dream upCrossword Clue
John Lennon songCrossword Clue
"Just picture it . . ."Crossword Clue
Conceive — 1971 Lennon hitCrossword Clue
PictureCrossword Clue
Picture - take itCrossword Clue

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ASHRAM
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Button it! A horny fellow’s seen round monasteryCrossword Clue
Spiritual hermitageCrossword Clue
Spiritual hermitageCrossword Clue
Place for a spiritual retreatCrossword Clue
Meditation retreatCrossword Clue
Hammer wood above retreatCrossword Clue
A quiet sheep in blessed retreatCrossword Clue
Spiritual retreatCrossword Clue
A kind of spiritual refuge in HinduismCrossword Clue
Hermitage, especially in HinduismCrossword Clue

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PLAYACT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Make believeCrossword Clue
Pretend to have arrangement that accommodates songCrossword Clue
PretendCrossword Clue
Pretend to be cat?Crossword Clue
Pretend deal includes songCrossword Clue
Pretend agreement covers sleeping partnerCrossword Clue
Behave in an overdramatic mannerCrossword Clue
Engage in make-believeCrossword Clue
Make believe, on stageCrossword Clue
PretendCrossword Clue

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SPURIOUS
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
BogusCrossword Clue
DodgyCrossword Clue
I usurp, so false as a PretenderCrossword Clue
Counterfeit note of debtor banked by teamCrossword Clue
Encourage debts? FalseCrossword Clue
Deceitful financial documents after initial incentiveCrossword Clue
Dodgy inspection of unmentionables starts in one side of LondonCrossword Clue
Mock London club riven by sign of debtCrossword Clue
Bogus debtors note held by London playersCrossword Clue
Contrived incentive facing debtsCrossword Clue

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ARCHIES
7 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
'Sugar, Sugar' group, with 'the'Crossword Clue
"Sugar, Sugar" bandCrossword Clue
"Sugar, Sugar" group, with TheCrossword Clue
Bunker and MooreCrossword Clue
Bunker and namesakesCrossword Clue
Moore and othersCrossword Clue

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FICTIONAL
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Made-upCrossword Clue
In fact, oil production is legendaryCrossword Clue
Invented new way to process oil, in factCrossword Clue
Conceived by the imaginationCrossword Clue
Last to keep fighting endlessly? Not trueCrossword Clue
Not quite only fact I fancy going over - I like most storiesCrossword Clue
Refined oil, in fact, is imaginaryCrossword Clue
It's not true that oil, in fact, needs changingCrossword Clue
Its not true that oil, in fact, needs changingCrossword Clue
Q: Is it ___? A: YesCrossword Clue

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SHAM

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PRETENCE

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PRETENSE

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FAKE

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UNREAL

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ACT

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FANTASY

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PRETEND

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ELF

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IMAGINARYFRIEND

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LETSPRETEND

MUDPIE

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PLACEBOS

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PLACEBO

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SANDMAN

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IMAGINE

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ASHRAM

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PLAYACT

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SPURIOUS

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ARCHIES

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FICTIONAL

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