| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| fog | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| trap | 4 | |
| ruse | 4 | |
| show | 4 | |
| veil | 4 | |
| ploy | 4 | |
| wile | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| stall | 5 | |
| dodge | 5 | |
| shift | 5 | |
| trick | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| excuse | 6 | |
| tactic | 6 | |
| refuge | 6 | |
| scheme | 6 | |
| screen | 6 | |
| deceit | 6 | |
| vision | 6 | |
| racket | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| varnish | 7 | |
| sleight | 7 | |
| shuffle | 7 | |
| evasion | 7 | |
| pretext | 7 | |
| secrecy | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| artifice | 8 | |
| trickery | 8 | |
| spoofing | 8 | |
| strategy | 8 | |
| pretense | 8 | |
| shifting | 8 | |
| resource | 8 | |
| Snow job | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| secretion | 9 | |
| stratagem | 9 | |
| shuffling | 9 | |
| sophistry | 9 | |
| quibbling | 9 | |
| SEMBLANCE | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| redherring | 10 | |
| pretension | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| RED HERRING | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| protestation | 12 | |
| pussyfooting | 12 | |
| SMOKE SCREEN | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| victimization | 13 | |
| prevarication | 13 | |
| jiggerypokery | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| stalking-horse | 14 | |
| song and dance | 14 | |
| self-deception | 14 | |
| 15 letters | ||
| sleight of hand | 15 | |
| UNDERHANDEDNESS | 15 | |
| 16 letters | ||
| wishful thinking | 16 | |