Pretend not to see is an expression used to describe the act of deliberately avoiding noticing something. It can be done in a variety of ways, such as ignoring it, looking away, or even winking at it. The crossword solutions for this term are IGNORE and WINKAT, both of which are six letters long. To IGNORE something is to deliberately not pay attention to it, while winking at something is a subtle way of acknowledging its presence without actually looking at it.