Phony Crossword Clue

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Phony Crossword Answer

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POSER

(5 letters)

BOGUS

(5 letters)

ERSATZ

(6 letters)

POSEUR

(6 letters)

FAKER

(5 letters)

FAKE

(4 letters)

PSEUDO

(6 letters)

FRAUD

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. adopted in order to deceive
(verb)
1. make a pretence of
2. make believe with the intent to deceive
(noun)
1. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PHONY (noun)
1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
PHONY (adjective)
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

POSER
(5 letters)
BOGUS
(5 letters)
ERSATZ
(6 letters)
POSEUR
(6 letters)
FAKER
(5 letters)
FAKE
(4 letters)
PSEUDO
(6 letters)
FRAUD
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
HAMS

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (7/31/2026) Answers

Across

1. Facial treatments that may make you look like Shrek (temporarily!)

13. Words of resignation

15. Organized mess

16. Cone cousin

17. ___ Canto

18. Pic taker

19. One of two in an oxygen molecule

21. Droop

23. Attracted to all genders for short

24. Open up, as a flower

26. Red, in Spain

28. 100-meter ___

32. Garment similar to a bodice

34. "The Temptation of St. Anthony" painter Salvador

36. Salt Lake City athlete

37. Sea serpent of Scottish superstition

40. "I wandered lonely ___ cloud" (Wordsworth)

41. Deceptive hockey move

42. Ice cream amounts

43. Moistens

45. The whole ___ yards

47. Emerge from an egg

48. JFK alternative

50. 23andMe sample

52. "No jumping on the bed," for one

53. Overly

54. Second-busiest airport in Florida, after MCO (Orlando)

56. Aye's opposite

57. I have no idea!

63. National park off the coast of Southern California

64. On occasion

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Down

1. Insect with ghost and fire varieties

2. Sink or swim

3. Woodwinds higher than bassoons

4. Place to store wine

5. "I'm ___ done!"

6. Roll with it!

7. Green-lighted

8. City that only Muslims can visit

9. Readily accessible

11. "CSI" actor Archie

12. Ave. crossers

13. 1984 Kenny Loggins hit from a film of the same name

14. Animal curled up on a heating vent, perhaps

15. Certain crustacean appendage

20. ___ pit

22. Extremely helpful boon

23. Collared tops

25. Fix, as metaphoric fences

27. Word after "Space" or "traffic"

29. Like digitally enhanced notes?

30. Group workout with elevated platforms

31. ___ Kisses (chocolates produced at a rate of 80 million per day)

33. Singer __ Marie

35. Ruler division

38. Go downhill fast?

39. Get high

44. Tennis star Stephens

46. Tangle up

49. "Never ___ Give You Up"

51. What a bride walks down

53. Resident of Russia's Alexander Palace, until 1917

55. Petri dish gel

57. German pronoun

58. More of ___ same

59. Currency in Kobe

60. From back in the day

61. Quibble

62. “A,” in France

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