Pretend Crossword Clue

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Pretend Crossword Answer

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ACT

(3 letters)

LETON

(5 letters)

MAKEBELIEVE

(11 letters)

UNREAL

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. make a pretence of
2. make believe with the intent to deceive

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PRETEND (verb)
1. behave unnaturally or affectedly
2. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
PRETEND (noun)
1. the enactment of a pretense
PRETEND (adjective)
1. imagined as in a play

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACT
(3 letters)
LETON
(5 letters)
MAKEBELIEVE
(11 letters)
UNREAL
(6 letters)

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Across

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28. One using a rod and reel

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34. Leave out

37. __ or it didnt happen

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40. Professional in a red truck

44. Spill it!

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46. Hot cider server

47. Pleistocene and Eocene, for two

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Down

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32. Helix

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