Answer: ostensible

AnswerCrossword Clue
OSTENSIBLEApparent
OSTENSIBLEApparent.
OSTENSIBLEProfessed
ostensibleintended for display, plausible rather than demonstrably true or real
ostensibleStated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
ostensibleoutwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.