| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| art | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| trap | 4 | |
| ruse | 4 | |
| ploy | 4 | |
| plan | 4 | |
| wile | 4 | |
| step | 4 | |
| plot | 4 | |
| veil | 4 | |
| army | 4 | |
| show | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| trick | 5 | |
| trump | 5 | |
| shift | 5 | |
| stall | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| screen | 6 | |
| racket | 6 | |
| trepan | 6 | |
| device | 6 | |
| deceit | 6 | |
| stroke | 6 | |
| tactic | 6 | |
| scheme | 6 | |
| gambit | 6 | |
| resort | 6 | |
| refuge | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| stopgap | 7 | |
| sleight | 7 | |
| rigging | 7 | |
| tactics | 7 | |
| varnish | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| strategy | 8 | |
| resource | 8 | |
| trickery | 8 | |
| solution | 8 | |
| artifice | 8 | |
| scheming | 8 | |
| pretense | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| SEMBLANCE | 9 | |
| manoeuvre | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| IMPOSITION | 10 | |
| SHENANIGAN | 10 | |
| pretension | 10 | |
| subterfuge | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| CONTRIVANCE | 11 | |
| RED HERRING | 11 | |
| GENERALSHIP | 11 | |
| MACHINATION | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| SMOKE SCREEN | 12 | |
| protestation | 12 | |
| wire pulling | 12 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| stalking-horse | 14 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| sleight of hand | 15 | |