Pretend to have, as an illness Crossword Clue

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

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ILLNESS (noun)
1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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

More Daily Pop Crossword (10/6/2025) Answers

Across

1. "If You Could ___ My Mind" (classic Gordon Lightfoot song)

5. NBC skit show since 1975, for short

8. Actor Stacy who played TV's Mike Hammer

13. Car

14. ___ tai (fruity rum cocktail)

15. "___ Days" (classic sitcom)

16. Declare loudly

18. TV group with B.A. Baracus and Hannibal Smith (Hyph.)

19. Former "Magnum, P.I." actor who played Commissioner Frank Reagan on 48-Across (2 wds.)

21. Taxpayer's ID (Abbr.)

22. "The New Adventures of ___ Christine" (classic Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom)

23. First-___ kit

29. Meditation sounds in a yoga class

31. Thats a shame

35. New Kids on the Block singer who played Detective Danny Reagan on 48-Across and will reprise the role in a new series in 2025 (2 wds.)

38. "Mom" actress Faris

39. 'Sense and Sensibility' director Lee

40. Useful quality

41. "Avengers: Infinity ___" (2018 blockbuster)

43. Homer Simpson's neighborino Flanders

45. Caught you!

48. Former police drama starring 19-Across and 35-Across that ran for 14 seasons on CBS (2 wds.)

54. The Backyardigans penguin

56. Protective feature of a work boot (2 wds.)

57. Sneaker bottom's pattern

58. Boss in a TV studio (Abbr.)

59. "___ baby!" ("Good job, kid!")

60. Video chat app until 2025

61. Appear in a sitcom, say

62. Opponents

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Down

1. Deeply engrossed

2. Currency for 20 countries

3. Particle in science class

4. MS Word files

5. Word before "fry" or "potatoes"

6. Settle once and for all (2 wds.)

7. Lemon-___ (flavor of Sprite and 7 Up)

8. Dull uniform color

9. 'All you can __' (buffet sign)

10. Ones who are always monkeying around?

11. Workers on financial records (Abbr.)

12. Sunday morning song

17. Actress Téa of "Madam Secretary"

20. Simple form of payment

24. Applies gently

25. Cosmetics-testing government org. (Abbr.)

26. Very long stretch of time

27. "Newhart" setting

28. Chew (on)

30. Like the stripe on the back of a credit card

32. "WKRP in Cincinnati" news director Nessman

33. '___ you kidding me?'

34. Police rank on 48-Across (Abbr.)

36. "My Name Is ___" (2000s sitcom starring Jason Lee)

37. Soup server

42. Humble home

44. Former "At the Movies" co-host Roger

45. Selects, with "for"

46. “___! The Herald Angels Sing” (Christmas carol)

47. Play by the rules

49. Federal agency concerned with food safety (Abbr.)

50. Snowman in Frozen

51. Actress Miranda of "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

52. Love to excess, with "on"

53. Large bodies of water

55. Across the pool and back

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