| Fake -ish Ending Clue | Word(s) | Real -ish Clue |
| Like the first person form of 'to be' | |
| Like a thick support girder in a ceiling | |
| Like something with no flavor | |
| Like Nike or Nestlé, e.g. | |
| Like Sonny's singing partner | |
| Like a vegetable that comes in ears | |
| Like the 'Savage Love' columnist | |
| Like a shark's protuberance | |
| Like a powdery baking need | |
| Like a needlefish | |
| Like a mixture of meat and potatoes | |
| Like the Spanish verb 'to go' | |
| Like a muscle of the lower back | |
| Like a short word for a bathroom | |
| Like a boggy area | |
| Like the average shots on a golf hole | |
| Like a word used in speeds | |
| Like a senator or congressman | |
| Like groan-producing wordplay | |
| Like something cool, in the 1980's | |
| Like an abbr. for a sister or uncle | |
| Like directors Ridley or Tony | |
| Like a bridge across the river | |
| Like a holder for your sheet music | |
| Like a mountain lake | |
| Like Donald Faison's character on 'Scrubs' | |
| Like a high occupancy vehicle | |
| Like the smallest imaginable part | |