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Not genuine (5)

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(Other definitions for ersatz that I've seen before include "Spurious" , "Artificial or synthetic, from German" , "Bogus" , "Imitation or substitute, from German" , "Imitation (from Ger.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the Evening Standard, the LA Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Sun.
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