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Best answers for Subterfuge – Crossword Clue


Answer: ploy


Clue Length Answer
Subterfuge3 lettersfog
  1. Definition: 1. confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Subterfuge4 lettersveil
  1. Definition: 1. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

Subterfuge4 lettersploy
  1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

Subterfuge4 letterswile
  1. Definition: 1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Subterfuge4 lettersshow
  1. Definition: 1. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Subterfuge4 lettersruse
  1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Subterfuge4 letterstrap
  1. Definition: 1. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

Subterfuge5 lettersshift
  1. Definition: 1. change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

Subterfuge5 letterstrick
  1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

Subterfuge5 lettersdodge
  1. Definition: 1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

Subterfuge5 lettersstall
  1. Definition: 1. deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

Subterfuge6 lettersdeceit
  1. Definition: 1. the act of deceiving

Subterfuge6 lettersvision
  1. Definition: 1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

Subterfuge6 lettersracket
  1. Definition: 1. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

Subterfuge6 lettersscreen
  1. Definition: 1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

Subterfuge6 lettersscheme
  1. Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Subterfuge6 lettersexcuse
  1. Definition: 1. a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

Subterfuge6 letterstactic
  1. Definition: 1. a plan for attaining a particular goal

Subterfuge6 lettersrefuge
  1. Definition: 1. a shelter from danger or hardship

Subterfuge7 lettersevasion
  1. Definition: 1. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Subterfuge7 letterspretext
  1. Definition: 1. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

Subterfuge7 letterssecrecy
  1. Definition: 1. the trait of keeping things secret

Subterfuge7 lettersshuffle

    Subterfuge7 letterssleight
    1. Definition: 1. adroitness in using the hands

    Subterfuge7 lettersvarnish
    1. Definition: 1. cover with varnish

    Subterfuge8 lettersresource
    1. Definition: 1. a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"

    Subterfuge8 letterspretense
    1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

    Subterfuge8 letterssnow-job

      Subterfuge8 lettersshifting
      1. Definition: 1. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

      Subterfuge8 lettersstrategy
      1. Definition: 1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

      Subterfuge8 lettersartifice
      1. Definition: 1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

      Subterfuge8 letterstrickery
      1. Definition: 1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

      Subterfuge8 lettersspoofing

        Subterfuge9 letterssemblance

          Subterfuge9 lettersquibbling

            Subterfuge9 letterssophistry
            1. Definition: 1. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

            Subterfuge9 lettersshuffling

              Subterfuge9 letterssecretion
              1. Definition: 1. a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

              Subterfuge9 lettersstratagem
              1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

              Subterfuge10 letterspretension
              1. Definition: 1. a false or unsupportable quality

              Subterfuge10 lettersredherring

                Subterfuge11 lettersred-herring

                  Subterfuge12 lettersprotestation
                  1. Definition: 1. a strong declaration of protest

                  Subterfuge12 letterssmoke-screen

                    Subterfuge12 letterspussyfooting

                      Subterfuge13 lettersjiggerypokery
                      1. Definition: 1. dishonest or deceitful behaviour

                      Subterfuge13 lettersvictimization

                        Subterfuge13 lettersprevarication
                        1. Definition: 1. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

                        Subterfuge14 lettersself-deception

                          Subterfuge14 lettersstalking-horse

                            Subterfuge14 letterssong-and-dance

                              Subterfuge15 lettersunderhandedness

                                Subterfuge15 letterssleight-of-hand

                                  Subterfuge16 letterswishful-thinking


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