Pretend to be
The crossword clue "Pretend to be" is answered by ACTAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTAS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ACTAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACTAS, most used first.
- Assume the role of - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Play the role of - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Fill in for - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Take the role of - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- Stand in for - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Represent - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Substitute for - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Be temporarily - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Perform the functions of. - used 7 times, most recently in 1964
- Serve in the capacity of - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Have the role of - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Pretend - FEIGN, used 69 times
- Pretend - LETON, used 64 times
- Put on ___ (pretend) - ANACT, used 11 times
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