Answer: ERSATZ
ERSATZ is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 58 times.
Referring Clues:
- Synthetic
 - Sham
 - Artificial
 - Imitation
 - Not real
 - Unreal
 - Like oleo vis-à-vis butter
 - Fake
 - Bogus
 - Like a Rolek watch
 - Margarine, vis-à-vis butter
 - Mock
 - Not the real thing
 - Faux
 - Like a "fauxlex" watch
 - Makeshift
 - Substitute
 - Simulated
 - Like a Rolez watch
 - Not exactly authentic
 - Not natural
 - Not quite real
 - Plastic, so to speak
 - Counterfeit
 - German sub?
 - Bad imitation
 - Bad imitation
 - Bad imitation
 - Bad imitation
 - Bad imitation
 - Bad imitation
 - Poor substitute
 - Bad substitute
 - Lesser substitute
 - Phony
 - Like chicory vis-à-vis coffee
 - Artificial or inferior
 - Like a Channel purse
 - Inferior substitute
 - Synthetic substitute
 - Inferior imitation
 - Imperfect imitation
 - Like Splenda vis-à-vis sugar
 - Margarie might be described thus
 - Not the real McCoy
 - Not genuine
 - Not authentic
 - Word from the German for "substitute"
 - Faux kin
 - Like AstroTurf, vis-a-vis grass
 - Like an inferior substitute
 - In-a-pinch
 - Like knockoffs
 - Like a bad copy
 - Literally, "substitute"
 - Like a poor copy
 - Like a knockoff purse
 - False
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
 - USA Today - January 30, 2025
 - New York Times - January 09, 2025
 - New York Times - November 27, 2024
 - New York Times - November 07, 2024
 - LA Times - June 17, 2024
 - New York Times - March 27, 2024
 - LA Times - July 25, 2023
 - LA Times - June 14, 2023
 - New York Times - April 02, 2022
 - LA Times - January 11, 2022
 - LA Times - January 04, 2022
 - LA Times - December 29, 2021
 - New York Times - October 03, 2021
 - Universal - January 26, 2021
 - LA Times - December 13, 2020
 - USA Today - June 29, 2020
 - Netword - November 09, 2019
 - LA Times - November 02, 2019
 - New York Times - March 02, 2019
 
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