Pretenses
The crossword clue "Pretenses" is answered by POSES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POSES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POSES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for POSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by POSES, most used first.
- Does some modeling - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Sits for a portrait - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Models - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Propounds - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Does modeling work - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Asks - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Models strike them - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sits for a photo - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Affectations - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Prepares to be photographed - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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- Pretenses - SHAMS, used 10 times
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