Bogus
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Bogus" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 12 crossword solutions for Bogus.
We most recently saw this clue in The Mirror Classic.
We deem Bogus to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 12 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- The Mirror Classic - Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 25 Feb 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020
- The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 25 Oct 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Monday, 6 Apr 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 23 Mar 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 23 Jan 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 14 Oct 2019
- The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 7 Sep 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 30 Aug 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 25 Jan 2017
Crossword Answers
4 letters
SHAM
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
FAKE
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
5 letters
FALSE
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"
PHONY
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
6 letters
PSEUDO
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
ERSATZ
Artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
PHONEY
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
7 letters
BASTARD
Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"
8 letters
SPURIOUS
Plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
9 letters
TRUMPEDUP
10 letters
FRAUDULENT
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
11 letters
COUNTERFEIT
A copy that is represented as the original