Related Clues:

• Welles' 'War of the Worlds,' e.g.
• No mere prank
• Sting, for instance
• Leg-pull
• Poker ritual
• Elaborate fraud
• 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one
• Spam content, often
• Chain letters, usually
• Phony discovery, perhaps
• Try to fool in poker game
• A fraud or deception
• What a poker player does - or tries to
• A joking kind of deception
• Deliberate trickery