Last seen in:
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,212 - Apr 23 2022
- Wall Street Journal - Aug 28 2021 - Two-Dimensional
- L.A. Times Daily - Feb 20 2021
- The Washington Post - Feb 20 2021
- L.A. Times Daily - Jan 16 2016
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 9 2015
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,898 - Nov 24 2014
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,535 - Jul 7 2014
- New York Times - Dec 20 2013
- New York Times - Dec 6 2012
Related Clues:
- Fanciful, imaginary (8)
- Artificial and inferior
- Not based on fact
- O dupes! being false and insincere
- Ghost of the Opera
- Pod use is fake
- Mash, being false
- Imitation, not the real thing
- All in the mind
- Ghost, spectre
- False and phoney
- Phoney as in Germany
- Phoney sort of hams
- Artificial or inferior imitation
- Fanciful, notional