Related Clues:

• Simply expect a start to spring with the return of birds
• Fake dope smoked (no fine)
• Adopt cuckoo, bird unable to fly back
• Claim that's preposterous amuses
• A second amount of money? Ecstasy! Take it!
• Take for granted when amount is increased by a quarter
• Put on a ship, non-flier settles back
• Suppose; put on
• When facing problem, journalist may be taken in
• Take for granted bird's sex appeal is returning
• Affected; supposed
• Understood to be fake
• Adopt, as a name
• Take on, affect
• Claim without justification