Ploy
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • USA Today - Tuesday, 18 May 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 10 Jan 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 30 Jul 2019
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 4 Nov 2018

Crossword Answers

4 letters

RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

WILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

5 letters

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

FEINT
Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

6 letters

TACTIC
A plan for attaining a particular goal

SCHEME
A schematic or preliminary plan

GAMBIT
A maneuver in a game or conversation

8 letters

MANEUVER
An action aimed at evading an opponent

9 letters

STRATAGEM
A maneuver in a game or conversation

10 letters

SUBTERFUGE
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"