- RUSE
- Crafty manuever
- Subterfuge
- Trick
- Deception
- Devious scheme
- Smoke screen
- Bit of chicanery
- Bit of deceit
- Slick scheme
- Put-on
- Artful dodge
- Con man's device
- Ploy
- Elaborate con
- Artifice
- Pretense
- Stratagem
- Tricky pretense
- Scheme
- Misleading tactic
- Sly stratagem
- Crafty move
- Trojan Horse, e.g.
- Red herring
- Sneaky scheme
- Strategem
- Tactic
- Wily trick
- Clever ploy
- Deceptive plan
- Fiendish plan, perhaps
- Feint
- Clever tactic
- Flimflam
- Sneaky ploy
- Bit of beguilement
- Deceptive action
- Deceptive ploy
- The Trojan horse, e.g.
- Slick move
- Bit of deception
- Scammer's ploy
- Sly strategy
- Trojan Horse, for example
- Conniving trick
- Scam
- Trojan Horse, for one
- Crafty stratagem
- Gimmick
- Scammer's scheme
- Sly strategem
- Sly tactic
- Sly trick
- Tricky tactic
- Bit of slyness
- Artful stratagem
- Bit of subterfuge
- Dodge
- Gambit
- Slick trick
- Bait-and-switch, e.g.
- Con
- Sneaky tactic
- Bit of sneakiness
- Sneaky maneuver
- Bit of trickery
- Deceptive scheme
- Sneaky stratagem
- One way to get you
- Sleight of hand
- Bit of misdirection
- Tricky plan
- Chicanery
- Deceptive tactic
- Deceiver's tactic
- Intent to deceive
- Pretext
- Diversionary tactic
- Crafty scheme
- Underhanded plan
- Sneaky plan
- Tricky maneuver
- Beguilement
- Bit of craft
- Sneaky trick
- Slick device
- Tricky play
- It's a trick
- Device
- Hoax.
- Artful move
- Wily subterfuge
- Bit of skulduggery
- Wool over the eyes.
- A cunning move.
- An attempt to pull wool over the eyes.
- Resort of the wily.
- Deceitful trick.
- Trojan horse, for instance.
- Strategic move.
- Crafty expedient.
- Wooden horse, for one.
- Wool over the eyes gambit.
- Clever trick
- Type of trick.
- Strategy.
- Trojan horse.
- Underhand ploy
- Dirty trick
- Action to mislead
- Wile
- Con job
- Misleading move
- Jugglery
- Deceit
- Diversion
- Machination
- Shenanigan
- Put-up job
- Fake-out
- Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party
- 34-Across, e.g.
- Setup for a surprise party
- Bit of flimflam
- Deceptive trick
- Blind, to a duck
- Elaborate trick
- Three kids in a trenchcoat, e.g.
- Confidence trick
- Cunning scheme
- Deceptive maneuver
- Tricky play, e.g.
- Trojan horse, infamously
- Devious trick
- Trickery
- Fraudulent activity
- Sneaky move
- Device for deceiving
- See-6 Across
- Sly ploy
- Deceptive stratagem
- Duplicitous plan
- Devious tactic
- Misleading maneuver
- Clever maneuver
- Duplicitous scheme
- April Fools' Day action
