Sham (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ersatz that I've seen before include "Phoney as in Germany" , "Cheap substitute or imitation" , "Artificial, imitation - from German" , "inferior type" , "Bogus" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sham can be written as pseudo)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pseudo that I've seen before include "Dose up (anag.); pretentious" , "Fake, pretentious" , "artificial" , "Pretentious, insincere" , "Pod use is fake" .)
(Other definitions for feint that I've seen before include "Misleading action" , "Make slight movement to divert, as in fencing" , "Sell a dummy" , "ruled lightly" , "Artifice" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bogus that I've seen before include "Pretended" , "Not genuine, sham" , "Mock" , "Sham, counterfeit" , "that's not real" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sham can be written as false)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for false that I've seen before include "Invalid; untrue" , "Fake; untrue" , "Not true" , "Mendacious" , "Forged" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sham can be written as pseud)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pseud that I've seen before include "Pretentious sort" , "Pretentious fraud" , "Poseur (colloq.)" , "Fraud -- dupes (anag)" , "Pretender - fraud" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pretence that I've seen before include "Deceit, dissimulation" , "Act of make-believe" , "False show hiding reality" , "Acting of making something appear true when it's not" , "False show; make-believe" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "Bogus" , "take-off" , "Act of copying" , "Sincerest flattery maybe" , "It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for mock that I've seen before include "Unreal; ridicule" , "Tease or laugh at" , "Imitation; tease scornfully" , "Deride; sham" , "Jeer, deride" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that fake is a more specific form of sham)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for fake that I've seen before include "Forge(ry)" , "Sham, counterfeit" , "Very quick" , "Only pretend" , "Bogus" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sham</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for act that I've seen before include "Perform theatrically" , "Feign" , "Aussie parliamentarians exert influence here?" , "Do something, in a play?" , "Feat" .)