Spurious Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 29 Apr 2022

Showing 36 Matching Answers

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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
10 RELATED CLUES
"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
UntrueCrossword Clue
ErroneousCrossword Clue
River Seine's banks not straightCrossword Clue

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PSEUDO
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
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
False promises disheartened party supporting European UnionCrossword Clue

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PINCHBECK
9 Letters

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TIN
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
What's mined in a stannaryCrossword Clue
___ earCrossword Clue
Component of pewterCrossword Clue
Tuna containerCrossword Clue
Component of pewter and solderCrossword Clue
Altoids containerCrossword Clue
Metal that "cries" when bentCrossword Clue
Punched metalCrossword Clue
Woodsman material, in OzCrossword Clue
Malleable metalCrossword Clue

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FAKE
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
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
Make-believeCrossword Clue
PhoneyCrossword Clue
CharlatanCrossword Clue

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FORGED
6 Letters
10 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
Made a name for oneself?Crossword Clue
Signed another's name toCrossword Clue
Emulated a smithCrossword 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
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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UNGENUINE
9 Letters

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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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UNTRUE
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
BaselessCrossword Clue
FalseCrossword 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
InaccurateCrossword Clue
If it is, dont you believe itCrossword Clue
False regret after relatives guillotinedCrossword Clue

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DECOY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
It may fool youCrossword Clue
Hunter's plastic duck, e.gCrossword Clue

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ALULA
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Small group of feathers, every one containing a dash of umberCrossword Clue
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue
"Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue
1956 song, "Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue
"Be-Bop-___" (Gene Vincent hit)Crossword Clue
Bebop follower of the 1950s?Crossword Clue
"Be-Bop-___": Gene Vincent hitCrossword Clue
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue
"Be-Bop-___"Crossword Clue

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ALULAE
6 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Aleluia! Take lithium then flap bastard wings!Crossword Clue
Birds' "thumbs"Crossword Clue
"Thumbs" of birds' wingsCrossword Clue
Bird feathersCrossword Clue

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ALULAR
6 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Of a bird's "thumb"Crossword Clue
FeatheryCrossword Clue
Wing jointCrossword Clue
Of a bird's spurious wingCrossword Clue
Like a bird's wingCrossword Clue

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

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NOSTRUM
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Solution thats popular and in no way peculiarCrossword Clue

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SHAMS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
PhoniesCrossword Clue

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LIES
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Slander!"Crossword Clue
FibsCrossword Clue
Says what isn't soCrossword Clue
FabricationsCrossword Clue
FalsehoodsCrossword Clue
Golf difficulties, perhapsCrossword Clue
FibsCrossword Clue
"History is a set of ___ agreed upon" (remark attributed to Napoleon)Crossword Clue
Is untruthfulCrossword Clue
Rough positionsCrossword Clue

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WOODENNICKEL
12 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
*Symbol of worthlessnessCrossword Clue
Symbol of phoninessCrossword Clue
Souvenir tokenCrossword Clue
Pseudo coinCrossword Clue
Not legal currencyCrossword Clue

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LOUISPASTEUR
12 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
"Germ theory of disease" discovererCrossword Clue
Author of the quote belowCrossword Clue

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ASHAMED
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Feeling guiltyCrossword Clue

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SIMPLEST
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Easiest word that may be misspeltCrossword Clue
Word possibly misspelt - though the easiest!Crossword Clue
Politician having left in the course of short recess, most naturalCrossword Clue
Least intricateCrossword Clue
Like a warm-up exercise, comparatively speakingCrossword Clue
Like a warm-up exercise, comparatively speakingCrossword Clue
EasiestCrossword Clue

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TRUMPEDUP
9 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Fabricated — false — fraudulentCrossword Clue
Politician leading English party? False!Crossword Clue
Concocted with intent to deceiveCrossword Clue
Baseless, as chargesCrossword Clue
Like some chargesCrossword Clue
Fraudulent, as a chargeCrossword Clue
Falsified, as chargesCrossword Clue
Falsified, as chargesCrossword Clue
FabricatedCrossword 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
6 RELATED CLUES
One spreading dirtCrossword Clue
Winchell, for oneCrossword Clue
Tatler journalist taking a stand?Crossword Clue
Locum's posting is suspect, indicates journalistCrossword Clue
Liz SmithCrossword Clue
Hopper was oneCrossword Clue

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PSEUDOCLERGYMEN
15 Letters

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UNSUBTLE
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Obvious blues nut improvisedCrossword Clue
Obvious — clumsyCrossword Clue
Its obvious, but sun damage has beginnings of lasting effectsCrossword Clue
Without it a French caption is coarseCrossword Clue
Peacekeepers let loose after you said b___ obviousCrossword Clue
ObviousCrossword Clue
ForthrightCrossword Clue
Use "blunt", possibly, to define this?Crossword 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
Controls, of a sortCrossword Clue
Harmless drugs with rank smell succeededCrossword Clue
Make-believe medicationsCrossword Clue
They're supposed to keep you quiet — situation with half the managersCrossword Clue
Sugar pills, e.gCrossword Clue
Inert medicationsCrossword Clue

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ERSATZ
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
FauxCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue
Like a knockoff purseCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue
ImitationCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue
ImitationCrossword Clue
ArtificialCrossword Clue
Not genuineCrossword Clue
Like a poor copyCrossword Clue

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TOUPEE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Locks you pick?Crossword 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

10 RELATED CLUES

PSEUDO

8 RELATED CLUES

PINCHBECK

TIN

10 RELATED CLUES

FAKE

9 RELATED CLUES

FORGED

10 RELATED CLUES

PHONY

7 RELATED CLUES

SHAM

8 RELATED CLUES

UNGENUINE

UNREAL

9 RELATED CLUES

UNTRUE

9 RELATED CLUES

DECOY

10 RELATED CLUES

ALULA

10 RELATED CLUES

ALULAE

4 RELATED CLUES

ALULAR

5 RELATED CLUES

FUNNYMONEY

10 RELATED CLUES

NOSTRUM

10 RELATED CLUES

SHAMS

10 RELATED CLUES

LIES

10 RELATED CLUES

WOODENNICKEL

5 RELATED CLUES

LOUISPASTEUR

2 RELATED CLUES

ASHAMED

10 RELATED CLUES

SIMPLEST

7 RELATED CLUES

TRUMPEDUP

9 RELATED CLUES

AUTHENTIC

10 RELATED CLUES

LUL

DISTASTE

10 RELATED CLUES

GOSSIPCOLUMNIST

6 RELATED CLUES

PSEUDOCLERGYMEN

UNSUBTLE

8 RELATED CLUES

PLACEBOS

10 RELATED CLUES

ERSATZ

10 RELATED CLUES

TOUPEE

10 RELATED CLUES

UGANDAN

10 RELATED CLUES

SHAMEFACED

10 RELATED CLUES

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