Spurious Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 29 Apr 2022

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BOGUS
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Full of baloneyCrossword Clue
Fraudulent old girl taking public transport?Crossword Clue
PhoneyCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
Not genuineCrossword Clue
Cod can initially upset stomachsCrossword Clue
Phoney source of fuel in Ireland, you said, is importedCrossword Clue
PhonyCrossword Clue

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FALSE
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Not trueCrossword Clue
"F" on a test, oftenCrossword Clue
"You're wrong!"Crossword Clue
Nothing capital university put together is wrongCrossword Clue
Not true!Crossword Clue
"Not so!"Crossword Clue
F on a finalCrossword Clue
Member goes after sham, failed presidential candidate – no need to panicCrossword Clue
Not at all trueCrossword Clue

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PSEUDO
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Op usedCrossword Clue
Prefix meaning "false"Crossword Clue
False front?Crossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
Sham work without fee turned upCrossword Clue
False start?Crossword Clue
Not genuineCrossword Clue
ImitationCrossword Clue

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PINCHBECK
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Nick by stream to get something resembling goldCrossword Clue

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TIN
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cookie containerCrossword Clue
Metal in pewterCrossword Clue
Sn, to a chemistCrossword Clue
Solder elementCrossword Clue
Metal containerCrossword Clue
Spam containerCrossword Clue
Roofing metalCrossword Clue
Sn, on the periodic tableCrossword Clue
"Cat on a Hot ___ Roof"Crossword Clue
Sardine containerCrossword Clue

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FAKE
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
ShamCrossword Clue
PhonyCrossword Clue
Cod following white fish in East LondonCrossword Clue
Like a designer bag with the company name misspelledCrossword Clue
KnockoffCrossword Clue
Art world fraudCrossword Clue
Not authenticCrossword Clue
Make-believeCrossword Clue
PhoneyCrossword Clue

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FORGED
6 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Faked, like a signatureCrossword Clue
Copied with intent to deceive, as a signatureCrossword Clue
Like recent RembrandtsCrossword Clue
Pro, occasionally greedy, produced counterfeitCrossword Clue
Did a blacksmith's jobCrossword Clue
Counterfeit made by SmithCrossword Clue
Counterfeit gold, gold thats not obsolete in foreign bankCrossword Clue

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PHONY
5 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Total fakeCrossword Clue
KnockoffCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
InsincereCrossword Clue
Full of beansCrossword Clue
BogusCrossword Clue
CharlatanCrossword Clue

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SHAM
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
FarceCrossword Clue
Part of a bedding setCrossword Clue
BogusCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
This is unreal!Crossword Clue
PhonyCrossword Clue
Decorative pillowcaseCrossword Clue
PretenceCrossword Clue
Pillow coverCrossword Clue

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UNGENUINE
9 Letters

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UNREAL
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Absolutely amazingCrossword Clue
"I can't believe it!"Crossword Clue
"That's wild!"Crossword Clue
"Far out!"Crossword Clue
IncredibleCrossword Clue
PreposterousCrossword Clue
PretendCrossword Clue
IllusoryCrossword Clue
A French coin in Brazil? Thats fantasticCrossword Clue

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UNTRUE
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
"That's a lie!"Crossword Clue
FalseCrossword Clue
"Not so"Crossword Clue
BaselessCrossword Clue
Crooked furniture used regularlyCrossword Clue
Dishonest account, rued to some extentCrossword Clue
A French model by Parisian streets dishonestCrossword Clue
Deceitful and silly U-turn over EcstasyCrossword Clue

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DECOY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Diversionary tacticCrossword Clue
Wooden duck, e.gCrossword Clue
Odd duck, maybe?Crossword Clue
Deceptive distractionCrossword Clue
Intentional misleadCrossword Clue
Hunter's plastic duck, e.gCrossword Clue
Intentional distractionCrossword Clue
Bit of deception used as a lureCrossword Clue
Fake duck, e.gCrossword Clue
ShillCrossword Clue

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ALULA
5 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Small group of feathers, every one containing a dash of umberCrossword Clue

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ALULAE
6 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Aleluia! Take lithium then flap bastard wings!Crossword Clue

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ALULAR
6 Letters

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FUNNYMONEY
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
What could be seen as my one load of dubious cash?Crossword Clue
Comedian's compensation?Crossword Clue
It's counterfeitCrossword Clue
Counterfeit cashCrossword Clue
Notes copied by rich figure confined to fringes of memoryCrossword Clue
Counterfeit billsCrossword Clue

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NOSTRUM
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
RemedyCrossword Clue
Patent medicineCrossword Clue
Ignore hipster's essentially strange solution for everythingCrossword Clue
Favoured remedy in no way peculiarCrossword Clue
Universal remedy not striking a chord?Crossword Clue
Doctor must ultimately offer no quack remedyCrossword Clue
RemedyCrossword Clue
Issue is back - President hasnt finished with his magic cureCrossword Clue
Fermented rums not a cure, is it?Crossword Clue
Boy returning with temperature given strange patent remedyCrossword Clue

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SHAMS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Pillow coversCrossword Clue
Fancy pillow coversCrossword Clue
FakesCrossword Clue
CharadesCrossword Clue
Pillow coversCrossword Clue
Fancy pillow coversCrossword Clue
TrickeriesCrossword Clue
FakesCrossword Clue
They aren't what they appear to beCrossword Clue
Decorative pillowcasesCrossword Clue

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LIES
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"None of it's true!"Crossword Clue
Tells whoppersCrossword Clue
"Not true!"Crossword Clue
BaloneyCrossword Clue
DeceptionsCrossword Clue
"The ties were black, the ___ were white"Crossword Clue
FalsehoodsCrossword Clue
Tells whoppersCrossword Clue
"Slander!"Crossword Clue
FibsCrossword Clue

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WOODENNICKEL
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
*Symbol of worthlessnessCrossword Clue

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LOUISPASTEUR
12 Letters

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ASHAMED
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hanging one’s headCrossword Clue
Red in the face, sayCrossword Clue
EmbarrassedCrossword Clue
RemorsefulCrossword Clue
Entering a quiet sea, one's sheepishCrossword Clue
A phoney journalist is humiliatedCrossword Clue
Far from proudCrossword Clue
Humiliated by a bogus journalistCrossword Clue
Feeling bad, in a wayCrossword Clue
A phony journalist feeling guiltyCrossword Clue

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SIMPLEST
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Easiest word that may be misspeltCrossword Clue
Word possibly misspelt - though the easiest!Crossword Clue

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TRUMPEDUP
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Fabricated — false — fraudulentCrossword Clue
President and journo raise fakeCrossword Clue
Politician leading English party? False!Crossword Clue

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AUTHENTIC
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Faithful groom hit CanuteCrossword Clue
Real jerk tailgating car, ignoring old womanCrossword Clue
Real gold, 24 ct, I fancyCrossword Clue
GenuineCrossword Clue
Real gold in that case twinkling endlesslyCrossword Clue
Real gold in that case twinkling endlesslyCrossword Clue
Real gold: The new game pieceCrossword Clue
Real — hue intactCrossword Clue
Genuine gold article and tin mixed aboutCrossword Clue
Genuine article secured by relative, almost 100Crossword Clue

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LUL
3 Letters

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DISTASTE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AversionCrossword Clue
Aversion: staidest upsetCrossword Clue
Bad dates first eaten producing disgustCrossword Clue
Eight heartless school assessments: papers turned over with mild revulsionCrossword Clue
AversionCrossword Clue
Dislike neighbourhood being restricted, with east in disarrayCrossword Clue
Dislike neighbourhood being restricted, with east in disarrayCrossword Clue
Dislike Methodist as teacher to an extentCrossword Clue
Aversion of sadist as terribly controllingCrossword Clue
AversionCrossword Clue

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GOSSIPCOLUMNIST
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
One spreading dirtCrossword Clue

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PSEUDOCLERGYMEN
15 Letters

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UNSUBTLE
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Obvious blues nut improvisedCrossword Clue
It's obvious, but sun damage has beginnings of lasting effectsCrossword Clue
Obvious — clumsyCrossword Clue
Its obvious, but sun damage has beginnings of lasting effectsCrossword Clue
Without it a French caption is coarseCrossword Clue

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PLACEBOS
8 Letters
7 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
Controls, of a sortCrossword Clue
Harmless drugs with rank smell succeededCrossword Clue
Make-believe medicationsCrossword Clue

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ERSATZ
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
BogusCrossword Clue
FauxCrossword Clue
SubstituteCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
FakeCrossword Clue
Not genuineCrossword Clue
FauxCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue
Like a knockoff purseCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue

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TOUPEE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Made do?Crossword Clue
Certain hairpieceCrossword Clue
Part of a disguise, maybeCrossword Clue
Baldy’s hairpieceCrossword Clue
Go, after throwing out rugCrossword Clue
Articulate couple settle bill for syrupCrossword Clue
Hairpiece to cover baldnessCrossword Clue
It might have a removable partCrossword Clue
Fake head of hairCrossword Clue
HairpieceCrossword Clue

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UGANDAN
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Upriver, glimpsed along Nile’s drainage area: national, primarily?Crossword Clue
Rug and anorak more than enough to cover AfricanCrossword Clue
Union leader from India stops short of greeting an AfricanCrossword Clue
Centre for refugees with an AfricanCrossword Clue
From an East African country?Crossword Clue
From Kampala or Entebbe?Crossword Clue
Climbing mount in African country - not South AfricanCrossword Clue
African peacekeepers surround extremists in GuatemalaCrossword Clue
Refugees centre with an AfricanCrossword Clue
Kenyan's neighborCrossword Clue

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SHAMEFACED
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Red imitation of drink French rejectedCrossword Clue
Penitent, insincere and damaged, going toplessCrossword Clue
Sheepish journalist follows fake eatery upCrossword Clue
Sheepish fake journalists drinking mugCrossword Clue
Son cooking made a chef embarrassedCrossword Clue
Hoax cover admitted by press chief, sheepish & sorryCrossword Clue
HangdogCrossword Clue
EmbarrassedCrossword Clue
EmbarrassedCrossword Clue
Looking guilty of fraud, cancelled missing a fineCrossword Clue

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Showing 36 Matching Answers

BOGUS

8 RELATED CLUES

FALSE

9 RELATED CLUES

PSEUDO

8 RELATED CLUES

PINCHBECK

1 RELATED CLUES

TIN

10 RELATED CLUES

FAKE

9 RELATED CLUES

FORGED

7 RELATED CLUES

PHONY

7 RELATED CLUES

SHAM

9 RELATED CLUES

UNGENUINE

UNREAL

9 RELATED CLUES

UNTRUE

8 RELATED CLUES

DECOY

10 RELATED CLUES

ALULA

1 RELATED CLUES

ALULAE

1 RELATED CLUES

ALULAR

FUNNYMONEY

6 RELATED CLUES

NOSTRUM

10 RELATED CLUES

SHAMS

10 RELATED CLUES

LIES

10 RELATED CLUES

WOODENNICKEL

1 RELATED CLUES

LOUISPASTEUR

ASHAMED

10 RELATED CLUES

SIMPLEST

2 RELATED CLUES

TRUMPEDUP

3 RELATED CLUES

AUTHENTIC

10 RELATED CLUES

LUL

DISTASTE

10 RELATED CLUES

GOSSIPCOLUMNIST

1 RELATED CLUES

PSEUDOCLERGYMEN

UNSUBTLE

5 RELATED CLUES

PLACEBOS

7 RELATED CLUES

ERSATZ

10 RELATED CLUES

TOUPEE

10 RELATED CLUES

UGANDAN

10 RELATED CLUES

SHAMEFACED

10 RELATED CLUES

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