Bogus Crossword Clue

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Bogus Crossword Answer

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FAKE

(4 letters)

PHONY

(5 letters)

FALSE

(5 letters)

PSEUDO

(6 letters)

SPURIOUS

(8 letters)

ERSATZ

(6 letters)

SHAM

(4 letters)

NOTREAL

(7 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

BOGUS (adjective)
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

FAKE
(4 letters)
PHONY
(5 letters)
FALSE
(5 letters)
PSEUDO
(6 letters)
SPURIOUS
(8 letters)
ERSATZ
(6 letters)
Sham
(4 letters)
NOTREAL
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (9/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Stipulation for some lawsuits or bar bets

14. Opposite of a virtual hangout

15. Took without asking

16. Shopping apps' industry

17. Second-largest Great Lake

18. Survey results e.g.

19. Of a similar opinion

21. Nickname that drops -trice

22. Divine Comedy poet

23. Prepared, as for impact

27. Throat affliction

28. Loose-limbed

29. "Those people are missing out"

33. Midwestern Native

34. Period that may exasperate a parent

35. Friend, to Françoise

36. "You can't rush art!"

38. Drumroll instrument

39. Dance to bounce music

40. ___mobile (car shaped like a hot dog)

41. Shoot a basket, e.g.

42. Brief moment

43. Super, or super far

46. Inflated publicity

50. ___ parade

51. Charades and capture the flag

53. Ed of “Elf” and “Up”

54. Feline rarely seen out in the open

55. Livestreaming annoyances

56. "Ask nicely!"

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Down

1. Bluffed, perhaps

2. Largest member of the dolphin family

3. Word before "machine" or after "coin"

4. Jane Austen heroine

5. Sleep stage

6. Prepared, as a potato

7. Sunlit courtyards

8. 'Gross!'

9. Assessment of an internet connection

10. Aircraft you might enjoy watching more than being on

11. Massive crowd

12. ___ You Vera Much (punny name for a succulent shop)

13. Fix as a broken heart

15. Shoe___ (wax polish user)

20. ___ Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize

21. Insect that does the waggle dance

23. Shapeless mass

24. Ceremonial act

25. Perched on

26. Shortcuts at arcades

27. Beef cut in osso buco or jiang niu rou

29. "Just as I predicted!"

30. Muscats sultanate

31. Kingly address

32. Forward thinker?

34. Some go over seas!

37. BOGO offering

38. [not my mistake]

40. Tool for cleaning spilled juice

41. Attack from a 21-Down

42. Untrustworthy

43. Gem that's three letters short of a 2025 Taylor Swift hit

44. Astronomical bear

45. "The Notebook" actress Rowlands

46. Rabbit relative

47. 1978 Village People hit

48. Pod contents

49. 'East,' in Spanish

52. Futbol fan's cheer

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