Make-believe Crossword Clue

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Make-believe Crossword Answer

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ACT

(3 letters)

PLAYACT

(7 letters)

FEIGN

(5 letters)

PLAYACT

(7 letters)

FAKE

(4 letters)

SHAM

(4 letters)

UNREAL

(6 letters)

PRETENSE

(8 letters)

Helpful Hints

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

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MAKE-BELIEVE (noun)
1. the enactment of a pretense
2. imaginative intellectual play
MAKE-BELIEVE (adjective)
1. imagined as in a play
BELIEVE (verb)
1. judge or regard; look upon; judge
2. be confident about something

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACT
(3 letters)
Playact
(7 letters)
FEIGN
(5 letters)
PLAYACT
(7 letters)
FAKE
(4 letters)
SHAM
(4 letters)
UNREAL
(6 letters)
PRETENSE
(8 letters)

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