| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FACADES | Pretenses | |
| PRETENSEFUL | Abounding in pretenses. | |
| PRETENSELESS | Not having or making pretenses. | |
| DAUBRY | A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses. | |
| MOUNTEBANK | To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. | |
| SHAM | To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. | |
| MOUNTEBANKERY | The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. | |
| COUNTERFEITER | One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. | |
| MASQUERADE | Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. | |
| HUMBUG | An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. | |