Pretense Crossword Clue

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Pretense Crossword Answer

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ACT

(3 letters)

CHARADE

(7 letters)

FACADE

(6 letters)

SHAM

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. an artful or simulated semblance

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PRETENSE (noun)
1. an artful or simulated semblance
2. pretending with intention to deceive

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACT
(3 letters)
CHARADE
(7 letters)
FACADE
(6 letters)
SHAM
(4 letters)

More Universal Crossword (7/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Geode, for one

5. Bursting at the ___

10. Lingerie purchase

13. Guy with a goth-adjacent aesthetic online

14. Collection of songs

15. Kind of muffin

16. Slightly open

18. Part of the water cycle

19. "I can't pick just one of these two!"

21. Tic-tac-toe victory

22. You might apply extra sunscreen when it's high

24. A percentage of car ads?

26. Judo school

30. Broad road, briefly

31. "I'm on it!"

37. First contact events

38. One who might show you the ropes

39. California's Big ___

40. Slangy word after "jam" or "cram"

41. Four letters in "nonagenarian"

42. Where you can work out without a membership

46. Yuck!

48. Low-tech religious sect

49. Scout gatherings with tents

55. Competitor of Prego

56. Smiling face at breakfast, say?

57. Boutique

58. Speak.

59. Opera house highlight

60. What ___ gotten into you?

61. Lesser-known track, maybe

62. Intent (on)

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Down

1. Pixar's "Little Chef"

2. Vowel-heavy woodwind

3. Business associations

4. Japanese city that's an anagram of "Tokyo"

5. Swedish aerospace company that used to make cars

6. Red Muppet

7. Kinda

8. “Mulan” dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy

9. Text whose last letter stands for "head"

10. Feature of challah or some hair

11. Elevate

12. Wing that's not used for flight

15. Brown-haired girl

17. Thatll do

20. Already green-lighted

23. Guiding principles

24. . . . unfortunately

25. Brazilian soccer great

27. Namesake of an annual short fiction prize

28. "___ the Virgin"

29. How some audiobooks are stored

32. Errs

33. "Mourning" bird

34. Arrival announcement

35. Persia, today

36. IDs sought by scammers

42. Severe

43. Nebraska's biggest city

44. Bad and Boujee hip-hop group

45. Exams for med school applicants

47. ___ havoc on

50. Against

51. Hosted, briefly

52. Peel with a knife

53. Iroquoian people, or a Great Lake

54. Laurel of Laurel and Hardy

56. Place to grab a pint

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