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noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||||
| 28% | 4 | Only make-believe | ||||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses adjective satellite • adopted in order to deceive verb • make a pretence of • make believe with the intent to deceive | ||||||||
| 24% | 8 | Some denominations believe only priests can be this | ||||||
noun • someone who grants absolution | ||||||||
Its Only Make Believe Crossword Clue
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PRETENSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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PRETENSE
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times18 Sep 1980 | Down 36 | |
| New York Times07 Aug 1980 | Down 4 | |
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