Related Clues:

• Elaborate fake
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, e.g
• April 1 news story, maybe
• Flattering deception
• Snopes subject
• Barnum's Fiji mermaid, for one
• Flattering deceit
• Good thing to check Snopes.com for
• The finding of a Virgin Mary-shaped gummy candy, e.g
• Many a P.T. Barnum exhibit
• Piltdown Man, e.g
• Snopes.com subject
• Soft soap relative
• Suspect bows on receiving jihadi leader, flattering to deceive
• Starts hell of a xylophone for local spoof