| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| art | 3 | |
| wit | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| wile | 4 | |
| hoke | 4 | |
| plot | 4 | |
| plan | 4 | |
| trap | 4 | |
| show | 4 | |
| ruse | 4 | |
| step | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| dodge | 5 | |
| trump | 5 | |
| ivory | 5 | |
| cheat | 5 | |
| paste | 5 | |
| stall | 5 | |
| craft | 5 | |
| shift | 5 | |
| fraud | 5 | |
| trick | 5 | |
| cabal | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| scheme | 6 | |
| design | 6 | |
| device | 6 | |
| deceit | 6 | |
| racket | 6 | |
| emblem | 6 | |
| resort | 6 | |
| symbol | 6 | |
| stroke | 6 | |
| tactic | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| science | 7 | |
| project | 7 | |
| tactics | 7 | |
| stealth | 7 | |
| sleight | 7 | |
| stopgap | 7 | |
| quibble | 7 | |
| finesse | 7 | |
| rigging | 7 | |
| PUNNING | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| pretense | 8 | |
| subtlety | 8 | |
| pretence | 8 | |
| trickery | 8 | |
| strategy | 8 | |
| scheming | 8 | |
| solution | 8 | |
| resource | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| deception | 9 | |
| imposture | 9 | |
| INVENTION | 9 | |
| chicanery | 9 | |
| expedient | 9 | |
| readiness | 9 | |
| sharpness | 9 | |
| treachery | 9 | |
| sophistry | 9 | |
| stratagem | 9 | |
| manoeuvre | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| subterfuge | 10 | |
| PRECIOSITY | 10 | |
| shrewdness | 10 | |
| IMPOSITION | 10 | |
| COGNIZANCE | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| skulduggery | 11 | |
| MACHINATION | 11 | |
| RED HERRING | 11 | |
| CONTRIVANCE | 11 | |
| GENERALSHIP | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| PETTIFOGGING | 12 | |
| wire pulling | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| contemplation | 13 | |
| prevarication | 13 | |
| mystification | 13 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| sleight of hand | 15 | |
| UNDERHANDEDNESS | 15 | |