Pretended to be
The crossword clue "Pretended to be" is answered by APED, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. 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
APED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APED answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ACTEDLIKE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for APED
Every other clue in this collection answered by APED, most used first.
- Mimicked - used 332 times, most recently in 2026
- Imitated - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
- Copied - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
- Made like - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Did an impression of - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Parroted - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Made fun of - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Acted like - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Did a takeoff on - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
- Impersonated - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Emulated - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Mirrored - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Parodied - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Mocked - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
- Took off on - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Lacked originality - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Did impressions of - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Took after - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Did a Little bit? - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Did like - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Followed the leader - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Did an imitation of - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Did the same as - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Flattered most sincerely - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Mimed - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Mocked, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Imitated mindlessly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Made fun of, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Was a copycat - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Pretended - SHAM, used 6 times
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