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FAKE is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for FAKE.

73 total results for FAKE( score: 50 )

29 results for FAKE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 2, 2023	10D	Phony (2)	Rebecca Goldstein	Shortz
Fri Sep 1, 2023	48D	Charlatan	Robert Logan	Shortz
Tue May 30, 2023	23D	Phony (2)	Kathryn Ladner	Shortz
Wed Mar 1, 2023	1A	Like some plants that don't need watering	Aaron M. Rosenberg	Shortz
Fri Nov 12, 2021	25A	Imitation	Patrick John Duggan	Shortz
Mon May 24, 2021	30D	Like many Rolex watches sold on the street (2)	Adrienne Atkins	Shortz
Fri Dec 11, 2020	55D	Like bot accounts on social media	Ari Richter	Shortz
Sat Jan 4, 2020	18A	Like C.G.I.	Adam Aaronson	Shortz
Tue Mar 12, 2019	33A	Like an orange tan, say	Jules Markey	Shortz
Sun Oct 21, 2018	1D	Embarrassment for an art curator	Finn Vigeland	Shortz
Sun Sep 30, 2018	29A	Like many Rolex watches sold on the street (2)	Natan Last	Shortz
Mon Jun 25, 2018	58D	Not real	Kathy Wienberg	Shortz
Sat Apr 9, 2016	4D	Clifford Irving's "Autobiography of Howard Hughes," e.g.	David Phillips	Shortz
Tue Jan 27, 2015	1D	Like knockoff goods	James Tuttle	Shortz
Sun Jan 18, 2015	105D	Like some lashes and tans	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Thu Feb 27, 2014	7D	Forgery	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Thu Mar 21, 2013	5A	Handoff that isn't	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue Sep 25, 2012	66A	What some consider the 38-Across to be	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sat Sep 22, 2012	35D	With 24-Across, bluff	Kristian House	Shortz
Thu Mar 13, 2008	54D	Impostor	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Wed Jan 10, 2007	70A	Like a flea-market Gucci, probably	Curtis Yee	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 2006	31D	Deceptive play	Ed Early	Shortz
Sun Jul 18, 2004	26A	Sham (2)	Seth A. Abel	Shortz
Tue Dec 9, 2003	65A	False move	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Wed Apr 17, 2002	1A	Counterfeit	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Feb 13, 2000	5D	Faux	Bill Zais	Shortz
Tue Aug 19, 1997	10A	Like some furs	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Feb 28, 1997	3D	Mountebank	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Tue Sep 27, 1994	51A	Sham (2)	Eileen Lexau	Shortz

44 results for FAKE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 2, 1993	34A	Counterfeit	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Mon Aug 12, 1991	25D	Fraudulent	Peter Swift	Maleska
Mon Dec 3, 1990	20A	Counterfeit	Peter Swift	Maleska
Thu May 4, 1989	51D	Spurious	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Sun Apr 30, 1989	107A	Bogus	Donald V. Lee II	Maleska
Sun Feb 12, 1989	58A	Improvise, in jazz	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Tue Aug 19, 1986	59D	Not real	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Dec 15, 1985	81A	Counterfeit	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Tue Feb 7, 1984	52D	Ersatz	Virginia P. Abelson	Maleska
Sun Apr 25, 1982	1D	Sham	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Mon Jul 20, 1981	18D	Charlatan	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Nov 24, 1980	24A	Ersatz	Carol Dutting	Maleska
Fri Jun 15, 1979	59A	Four-flusher	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Wed Dec 21, 1977	42D	QB's feint	Stephanie Spadaccini	Maleska
Thu Dec 30, 1976	52D	Ersatz	Tap Osborn	Weng
Fri Apr 2, 1971	34A	Popular kind of fur	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 3, 1970	21D	Phoney	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 18, 1970	21A	Pretend	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jan 8, 1970	48A	Dissimulate.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 24, 1968	40A	Make-believe.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jul 21, 1967	12D	Imitation.	George Laczko	Farrar
Mon Jun 5, 1967	12D	Counterfeit.	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Farrar
Sun Jul 17, 1966	32D	Sham: Colloq.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Mon Jan 4, 1965	48A	Counterfeit.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Oct 28, 1964	9A	Football maneuver.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 5, 1963	3D	Phony.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 5, 1963	10D	Charlatan.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Tue Nov 28, 1961	13D	Sham: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 11, 1961	41A	Not genuine: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 9, 1961	99D	Loop of coiled rope.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Sun May 8, 1960	35A	Loop of coiled rope.	H. R. Craft	Farrar
Sat Feb 28, 1959	54A	Fraud.	Helen Smathers	Farrar
Tue Oct 21, 1958	18A	Mountebank.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Apr 21, 1958	10A	Bogus.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Tue Dec 31, 1957	20A	Counterfeit.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 26, 1957	119A	Loop of coiled rope.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu Dec 27, 1956	48D	Not genuine.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Sep 2, 1956	75D	Quacksalver.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Aug 18, 1955	48A	Fraudulent.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 26, 1955	50D	Coil (a rope).	Harold D. Cannon	Farrar
Mon Feb 28, 1955	64A	Phony.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Feb 19, 1952	12D	Designed to deceive.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 14, 1951	47A	Humbug.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Sun Apr 9, 1950	74A	Counterfeit.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar

Anagrams:

FEAK, KAFE

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