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"