Clues for the word "ERSATZ"
We've had 96 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 208 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 18, 2026.
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
- Artificial and inferior
- Substitute queen took her place on the throne last
- Bogus monarch faces oral examinations
- Imitation - substitute
- Substitute - cheap
- Wonders at Zermatt housing fake
- Substitute saxophone for bass tuba; get jazz at last!
- Substitute ending for the Four Seasons: a last waltz
- Fake keepers at zoo, well concealed
- Substitute - fake
- Mock some travellers at Zeebrugge
- Substitute tears round chicane?
- Nearly see Tzar replaced as substitute
- Phoney queen was on throne last?
- Fake it in the name of frequency, though less hot
- 2 tears, the 26th 2
- Artificial product of numbers at zero
- See some tigers at zoo, not like the real thing
- Margarine, vis-a-vis butter
- Substitute for the heart of conversations with final ending
- Stare curiously at last substitute
- Part-timers at zoo - unreal!
- Phoney hesitation the day last letterës written
- Substitute for Queen posed with leader of Zimbabwe
- Substitute some players at Zagreb
- Artificial, some flowers at zoo
- Mock some footballers at Zagreb
- Substitute, er, rested, with a bit of a snore
- Substitute provided by bankers at Zurich
- Fancy word for "fake"
- Substitute provided by keepers at zoo
- Substitute for some passengers at Zeebrugge
- Word from the German for "substitute"
- Faux kin
- Substitute bankers at Zurich centre
- Fake concealed by skiers at Zermatt
- Like Splenda vis-à-vis sugar
- Like AstroTurf, vis-a-vis grass
- Like knockoffs
- Like an inferior substitute
- In-a-pinch
- A German substitute
- Not the real deal
- Unreal and most certainly fake
- Like a bad copy
- Literally, "substitute"
- Like a poor copy
- Like a knockoff purse
- False
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2025
- Daily American - August 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 26, 2025
- 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
- Daily Cryptic - July 24, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 24, 2024
- LA Times - June 17, 2024
- Daily American - June 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 07, 2023
- Daily American - August 29, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2023
- LA Times - July 25, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 25, 2023
- LA Times - June 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 11, 2022
- Family Time - November 14, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 24, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 24, 2022
- Daily American - June 09, 2022
- New York Times - April 02, 2022
- New York Times - October 03, 2021
- LA Times - January 04, 2018
- And in 178 more crossword puzzles...