Hoax Crossword Clue

Other answers seen for this clue

• MARESNEST9 letters

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  Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between July 1997 and June 2011.
• PUTON5 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, December 28, 2008.
• CANARD6 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, September 27, 1998.
• SCAM4 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Wednesday, April 12, 1995.

• Put-up job

  New York Times · Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · 4 letters

• Pillow covering

  New York Times · Thursday, February 5, 2026 · 4 letters

• Bogus

  New York Times · Sunday, April 27, 2025 · 4 letters

• Fake

  New York Times · Monday, April 14, 2025 · 4 letters

• This is unreal!

  New York Times · Saturday, March 22, 2025 · 4 letters

• Decorative pillowcase

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 4 letters

• Sorry excuse for a pillowcase?

  New York Times · Sunday, June 23, 2024 · 4 letters

• Pillow cover

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 20, 2023 · 4 letters

• Decorative pillow cover

  New York Times · Monday, June 19, 2023 · 4 letters

• Make-believe

  New York Times · Thursday, January 19, 2023 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 5-Down "You game?"
• 6-Down *To a degree
• 7-Across "___ so!" (German "I see!")
• 7-Down "Why ___ even here?"
• 8-Down It might come after trig
• 9-Down *Lack of pulchritude
• 10-Down Pickle portions
• 11-Down Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzle
• 12-Down Alan of "M*A*S*H"
• 13-Down State of a playroom, often
• 14-Across Big name in skin care
• 15-Across Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notes