| 2026-06-21 | Unreal? |
| 2026-04-16 | Sham |
| 2026-03-18 | Bogus |
| 2023-09-02 | Phony |
| 2023-09-01 | Charlatan |
| 2023-05-30 | Phony |
| 2023-03-01 | Like some plants that don't need watering |
| 2021-11-12 | Imitation |
| 2021-05-24 | Like many Rolex watches sold on the street |
| 2020-12-11 | Like bot accounts on social media |
| 2020-01-04 | Like C.G.I. |
| 2019-03-12 | Like an orange tan, say |
| 2018-10-21 | Embarrassment for an art curator |
| 2018-09-30 | Like many Rolex watches sold on the street |
| 2018-06-25 | Not real |
| 2016-04-09 | Clifford Irving's "Autobiography of Howard Hughes," e.g. |
| 2015-01-27 | Like knockoff goods |
| 2015-01-18 | Like some lashes and tans |
| 2014-02-27 | Forgery |
| 2013-03-21 | Handoff that isn't |
| 2012-09-25 | What some consider the 38-Across to be |
| 2012-09-22 | With 24-Across, bluff |
| 2008-03-13 | Impostor |
| 2007-01-10 | Like a flea-market Gucci, probably |
| 2006-10-20 | Deceptive play |
| 2004-07-18 | Sham |
| 2003-12-09 | False move |
| 2002-04-17 | Counterfeit |
| 2000-02-13 | Faux |
| 1997-08-19 | Like some furs |
| 1997-02-28 | Mountebank |
| 1994-09-27 | Sham |