Answer: HOAX
HOAX is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 100 times.
Referring Clues:
- Martian invasion report, e.g.
- Major prank
- Put-on
- Deception
- Con
- Hornswoggle
- April 1st event
- Piltdown man, notably
- Elaborate April fool
- Bigfoot photo, e.g.
- The Piltdown Man, for one
- Bamboozle
- Dupery
- Piltdown Man, for one
- Forged artifact, e.g.
- The Cardiff Giant, for one
- Subject of a forwarded e-mail, often
- The Piltdown Man, notably
- It's perpetrated by a prankster
- Sham
- Fast one
- The Hitler Diaries, e.g.
- Bamboozlement
- Hoodwink
- Imposture
- Fake
- Elaborate ruse
- Fraud
- The 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one
- Piltdown man, e.g.
- Deceptive act
- It's a trick
- False claim
- Elaborate lie
- Elaborate falsehood
- Fraudulent event
- Something intended to deceive
- April 1 event
- Welles' Martian invasion broadcast, e.g.
- Scam
- The Piltdown man, e.g.
- Attempted deception
- Trickster's deception
- "Balloon Boy," for one
- Snow job
- Sting, for instance
- Elaborate fraud
- Sham or scam
- 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one
- UFO photo, perhaps
- Chain letters, usually
- Spoof
- Flimflam
- Deceitful device
- Piltdown man, say
- Welles' 'War of the Worlds,' e.g.
- No mere prank
- Big con
- 'Punk'd' goings-on
- Con game
- Cottingley Fairies, for one
- Debunker's target
- "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, notably
- Elaborate fake
- Many an urban legend
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, e.g.
- April 1 news story, maybe
- Snopes subject
- Put one over on
- Barnum's Fiji mermaid, for one
- Pracical joke
- The finding of a Virgin Mary-shaped gummy candy, e.g.
- Phony discovery, perhaps
- Global warming, some say
- Snopes.com subject
- Swindle
- Scam or sham
- Stratagem
- April 1st antic
- April 1 trick
- Dupe's downfall
- Deceitful stunt
- Deceptive stunt
- What an unbelievable YouTube video might be
- Put on
- Practical joke
- Welles' "The War of the Worlds", e.g.
- Crop circles, e.g.
- Relative of fake news
- Elaborate deception
- Elaborate prank
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive trick
- The Cardiff Giant, notably
- It's not for real
- Abominable Snowman (probably)
- What a cryptid might be
- Loch Ness monster, apparently
- Public prank
- Prank on the public
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - December 09, 2024
- New York Times - April 10, 2024
- LA Times - December 13, 2023
- New York Times - November 19, 2023
- New York Times - October 12, 2023
- New York Times - July 05, 2022
- LA Times - September 06, 2021
- LA Times - May 22, 2021
- Netword - August 11, 2020
- USA Today - June 02, 2020
- Netword - November 09, 2019
- New York Times - November 06, 2019
- LA Times - September 05, 2019
- Netword - July 10, 2019
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2018
- New York Times - October 03, 2018
- Universal - July 27, 2018
- LA Times - July 24, 2017
- Netword - May 18, 2017
- Netword - April 24, 2017
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