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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">fraud</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(sham can mean a fraud or charlatan)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for sham that I've seen before include "charade" , "Mash, being false" , "Counterfeit or insincere" , "imitation" , "Phoney sort of hams" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Times and the USA Today.
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