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Other crossword clues for answer "PAPERTIGER"

PAPERTIGER
Empty threat
Bully with a glass jaw, for example
Phantom menace
Bluff-and-bluster type
One pretending to be powerful
Toothless threat
No big threat in Detroit?
1975 David Niven film
Blowhard (1st)
*Its bark is worse than its bite
Nothing to be afraid of, really
*Feline metaphor for an empty threat
First anniversary gift for a zookeeper?
Pseudo-powerful one
No real threat
Seemingly strong opponent
Person feigning power
Outwardly powerful but inwardly weak person
Person who appears powerful but isn't
Empty threat, in oriental parlance.
One whose strength is illusory.
China's epithet for U. S. might.
Ferocious fake.
Powerful-looking weakling
Formidable weakling
Fearsome weakling
He's outwardly tough, inwardly weak
Phony strong man
One outwardly powerful, inwardly weak
One who looks powerful but isn't
It's not as threatening as it looks
One feigning courage
Its roar is worse than its bite
Toothless enemy
*One who's an empty threat
Something that shouldn't scare you
One who seems threatening but isn't
The Cowardly Lion, e.g., oddly
Toothless adversary (or something that can be made in 39-Down)
Cowardly Lion, for one
Threatening but ineffectual sort
It has little bite