Word "RUSE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Synonyms:
artifice

Crossword Clues for RUSE

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Artifice (4) The Guardian Quick 13 Oct 2025
Trick Thomas Joseph 15 Sep 2025
Stratagem The Telegraph Quick 12 Sep 2025
Republican to employ stratagem (4) The Sun Two Speed 09 Sep 2025
Sneaky scheme Universal 29 Aug 2025
Sneaky ploy USA Today 25 Aug 2025
This is nothing odd in fraudster The Telegraph Toughie 22 Aug 2025
Trick Thomas Joseph 13 Aug 2025
Deceptive ploy LA Times Daily 15 Jul 2025
Misleading trick Family Time 14 Jul 2025
Blackadder's last to take advantage of cunning plan
Trick for finding right employment (4)
Sneaky trick Universal 05 Jul 2025
It is a trick that's sure to go wrong (4)
Regrets, as they say, the ploy (4)
Con is sure tricky (4)
Cunning plan is sure to be unravelled (4)
Sneaky ploy Commuter 06 Jun 2025
Clever scheme LA Times Daily 15 May 2025
Romeo gets to employ trick (4)
An action meant to deceive
Bit of deception Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2025
Tactic meant to deceive?
Pretext Newsday 30 Mar 2025
Subterfuge LA Times Daily 26 Mar 2025
Trick Thomas Joseph 13 Mar 2025
Deceptive scheme Newsday 12 Mar 2025
A trick with never-ending application
Stratagem (4) Puzzler 10 Mar 2025
Sure to make a ploy (4)
Regrets sounding out ploy (4)
Trick Thomas Joseph 24 Feb 2025
Instance of trickeration
Sure there's a trick to this!
A trick (4)
Sure to change tactic (4)
Bit of trickery Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2025
Clever stratagem intended to deceive
Is sorry about picking up the last trick The Times Cryptic 30 Jan 2025
Deceptive action USA Today Quick 26 Jan 2025
Ploy LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2025
Sneaky scheme Wall Street Journal 13 Jan 2025
Sneaky tactic Newsday 01 Jan 2025
Deceptive tactic Newsday 31 Dec 2024
Right to deploy plan The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Dec 2024
Trick Universal 18 Dec 2024
Report of Aussie native's ploy The Times Cryptic 05 Dec 2024
Trick New York Times 05 Dec 2024
A trick sure to go wrong (4)
Elaborate trick (anagram of "sure")
Trick about to consume America (4)
Trick from Rex before exploit (4)
Tricky maneuver Newsday 31 Oct 2024
Device sure to go wrong? (4)
Jest, trick (4)
Elaborate trick (anagram of "sure")
Manoeuvre out? Sure (4)
Deceptive scheme Newsday 15 Oct 2024
Devious trick Universal 30 Sep 2024
Trickster's creation
Cunning plan USA Today 20 Sep 2024
Subterfuge, trick: what a -!
Largest river port of Bulgaria, on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu (4)
You'll find a cunning trick in the guru's ecstasies (4)
Sure there's a trick here?
Sure to be a trick (4)
Ploy, subterfuge Mirror Tea Time 18 Aug 2024
Plan, deception (4)
Stratagem or trick Mirror Classic 07 Aug 2024
Scam The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Aug 2024
Trick - user (anag.) (4) The Guardian Quick 25 Jul 2024
Ploy Universal 22 Jul 2024
Cunning subterfuge
Tricky act
Plan to apply rule upfront (4)
Cunning ploy The Telegraph Quick 11 Jul 2024
The right to exploit a stratagem (4)
Sneaky trick Universal 08 Jul 2024
Trick, ploy (4)
Trick sure to go wrong?
Scheme LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2024
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 26 Jun 2024
The right function of a device
You're sure of seeing a trick here
A kind of trick (4)
Right to employ a stratagem (4)
Stratagem Mirror Quick 15 Jun 2024
Ploy sure to work Mirror Cryptic 15 Jun 2024
A trick sure to be found out (4)
Sure stratagem (anag) (4)
You're sure to take a trick here
Tactic, scheme
Trick about to take us in (4)
Blind, to a duck New York Times 15 May 2024
We're sure to take a trick here!
Sneaky plan Newsday 23 Apr 2024
Sneaky trick Universal 16 Apr 2024
Sure to use stratagem Mirror Cryptic 05 Apr 2024
Subterfuge Mirror Quick 05 Apr 2024
Diversionary tactic Newsday 04 Apr 2024
Bit of deception LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2024
Tactic meant to deceive?
Cunning scheme Family Time 31 Mar 2024
Sure there's a trick to it!
Stratagem about to take us in (4)
How to be sure of a trick (4)
Trick is to wake up with nothing missing (4)
User stratagem (anag) (4)
The right to employ a stratagem (4)
Trick, artifice (4)
Trick Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2024
Deceptive tactic Newsday 06 Feb 2024
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 03 Feb 2024
Sure to take a trick here!
It's sure to take a trick!
A stratagem, (4)
Right to take advantage of deception (4)
The Speaker's laments - a deception?
Sure to use trick Mirror Cryptic 09 Jan 2024
Stratagem Mirror Quick 09 Jan 2024
Con man's trick
User made new stratagem Mirror Cryptic 02 Jan 2024
Stratagem Mirror Quick 02 Jan 2024
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 26 Dec 2023
Deceptive plan USA Today 19 Dec 2023
Artful dodge Newsday 17 Dec 2023
Sly ploy USA Today 29 Nov 2023
Subterfuge LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2023
Trick New York Times 05 Nov 2023
Chicanery LA Times Daily 28 Sep 2023
Scheme LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2023
Cunning plan, say (anagram of "user")
Cunning trick The Times Concise 19 Sep 2023
Ploy New York Times 22 Aug 2023
Sneaky ploy Newsday 24 Jul 2023
April Fools' Day action Wall Street Journal 19 Jul 2023
Ploy USA Today 13 Jul 2023
Trick Thomas Joseph 04 Jul 2023
Ploy Universal 18 Jun 2023
Stratagem New York Times 23 Apr 2023
Slick trick Newsday 17 Mar 2023
Sneaky scheme Newsday 28 Feb 2023
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 27 Feb 2023
Cunning plan Wall Street Journal 25 Feb 2023
Swindler's scheme Universal 17 Feb 2023
Cunning trick (anagram of "sure")
Ploy USA Today 02 Jan 2023
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 06 Dec 2022
Sneaky trick Newsday 30 Nov 2022
Trick Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 2022
Bit of trickery New York Times 11 Nov 2022
Trick Wall Street Journal 22 Oct 2022
Sneaky ploy USA Today 10 Sep 2022
Trick Family Time 07 Aug 2022
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 21 Jul 2022
Trick Thomas Joseph 18 Jul 2022
Sneaky trick Newsday 11 Jul 2022
Trick Thomas Joseph 24 Jun 2022
Scheme Wall Street Journal 23 Jun 2022
Deception The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2022
Deceptive stratagem The Washington Post Sunday 17 Apr 2022
Con LA Times Daily 15 Apr 2022
Con The Washington Post 15 Apr 2022
Stratagem The Guardian Speedy 03 Apr 2022
Device runs application The Times Cryptic 25 Mar 2022
Bit of chicanery Newsday 24 Mar 2022
Sneaky plan USA Today 10 Mar 2022
Clever stratagem or plan intended to deceive Irish Times Simplex 25 Feb 2022
Sneaky scheme Newsday 14 Feb 2022
Trick Thomas Joseph 04 Feb 2022
Cunning tactic
Con Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2022
Duplicitous scheme Wall Street Journal 18 Jan 2022
Ploy New York Times 26 Dec 2021
Sneaky ploy USA Today 24 Dec 2021
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 15 Dec 2021
Con man's trick
Elaborate trick USA Today 22 Nov 2021
Ploy Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2021
Sneaky scheme Newsday 27 Sep 2021
Clever trick The Washington Post Sunday 12 Sep 2021
Deceptive plan USA Today 24 Aug 2021
Misleading maneuver Wall Street Journal 23 Aug 2021
Bit of beguilement Newsday 23 Jul 2021
Trick Thomas Joseph 14 Jul 2021
Deceptive scheme Newsday 07 Jul 2021
Bit of artifice Premier Sunday 04 Jul 2021
Deceptive scheme Universal 14 Jun 2021
Con man's scheme
Tactic meant to deceive
Ploy USA Today 18 May 2021
Trickster's tactic The Washington Post Sunday 14 Mar 2021
Bit of trickery USA Today 22 Feb 2021
Trick New York Times 12 Feb 2021
Stratagem Eugene Sheffer 12 Feb 2021
Deception Newsday 10 Feb 2021
Trick USA Today 23 Jan 2021
Sneaky scheme Newsday 11 Jan 2021
Ploy New York Times 10 Jan 2021
Deception of one on drugs, cycling
Subterfuge Wall Street Journal 15 Dec 2020
Deceptive plan USA Today 01 Dec 2020
Gambit USA Today 28 Nov 2020
Scheme Aussie natives announced
Smart trick (anagram of "user")
Trick Wall Street Journal 13 Oct 2020
Bit of subterfuge USA Today 27 Aug 2020
Sly stratagem New York Times 10 Aug 2020
Stratagem, trick The Times Concise 07 Aug 2020
Deceptive manoeuvre Irish Times Simplex 23 Jul 2020
Bit of misdirection LA Times Daily 22 Jul 2020
Bit of misdirection The Washington Post 22 Jul 2020
Deceptive ploy LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2020
Deceptive ploy The Washington Post 17 Jul 2020
Bit of deceit USA Today 11 Jul 2020
Tricky tactic Wall Street Journal 07 Jul 2020
Trick Thomas Joseph 25 Jun 2020
Beguilement Newsday 12 Jun 2020
Ploy Universal 04 Jun 2020
Trick Universal 11 Mar 2020
Clever ploy The Washington Post Sunday 05 Jan 2020
Addict, wrinkled, with no inner energy
Trickery (anagram of "sure")
Deceptive plan Newsday 13 Oct 2019
Deceptive tactic Newsday 23 Sep 2019
Sleight of hand LA Times Daily 12 Sep 2019
Sleight of hand The Washington Post 12 Sep 2019
Devious scheme USA Today 22 Aug 2019
Crafty scheme Newsday 07 Aug 2019
Deceptive device The Times Concise 28 Jul 2019
Trick The Washington Post 16 Jul 2019
Trick LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2019
Underhanded plan New York Times 02 Jun 2019
Artful dodge Premier Sunday 19 May 2019
Word for deceptive scheme
Trick royal to exercise
Bit of trickery Wall Street Journal 29 Apr 2019
Word for deceptive scheme
Articulate bounder's trick
Deception Universal 09 Mar 2019
Tactic meant to deceive
Deceptive scheme
Sleight of hand
Trick
Deception
Trick
Trick
Underhanded plan
Ploy
Devious scheme
Bit of trickery
Dodge Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2018
Trick The Telegraph Quick 27 Dec 2018
Republican to employ stratagem
Scheme The Washington Post 07 Oct 2018
Bit of subterfuge The Washington Post Sunday 07 Oct 2018
Scheme LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2018
Sneaky scheme New York Times 19 Sep 2018
Scam about to take us in
One way to get you The Washington Post 26 Aug 2018
One way to get you LA Times Daily 26 Aug 2018
Cunning employer, last character to come forward
Trick
Regret adopting son's cunning plan The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jul 2018
Crafty trick
Trojan Horse, for one LA Times Daily 01 Jul 2018
Trojan Horse, for one The Washington Post 01 Jul 2018
Trick queen over exploit
Ploy LA Times Daily 01 Jun 2018
Ploy The Washington Post 01 Jun 2018
Bit of trickery Premier Sunday 27 May 2018
Stratagem The Guardian Speedy 21 Apr 2018
Red herring Newsday 19 Apr 2018
Scheme Premier Sunday 04 Mar 2018
Scammer's ploy USA Today 26 Feb 2018
Heard about jumper's trick
Artifice The Sun Two Speed 09 Feb 2018
Sure about trick The Sun Two Speed 09 Feb 2018
Tricky play Newsday 19 Jan 2018
Scammer's ploy
One way to get you
Ploy
Sneaky scheme
Dodge
Scheme
Trojan Horse, for one
Slick device Newsday 30 Sep 2017
Gambit LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2017
Gambit The Washington Post 20 Aug 2017
Bit of chicanery Newsday 17 Aug 2017
Sneaky stratagem The Washington Post 23 Jul 2017
Sneaky stratagem LA Times Daily 23 Jul 2017
Cunning scheme Family Time 18 Jun 2017
When speaking, regrets trick The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Jun 2017
Deceptive action Universal 31 May 2017
Subterfuge The Washington Post 25 May 2017
Subterfuge LA Times Daily 25 May 2017
Deception Wall Street Journal 11 May 2017
Odoriferous plant secures second trick
Artifice Newsday 16 Apr 2017
Sneaky move Universal 06 Apr 2017
Underhanded plan Newsday 26 Mar 2017
Devious scheme Universal 04 Mar 2017
Wile Universal 24 Feb 2017
Deceptive ploy Universal 10 Feb 2017
Misleading maneuver USA Today 23 Jan 2017
Deceptive action Family Time 22 Jan 2017
Bit of deception LA Times Daily 02 Jan 2017
Bit of subterfuge
Devious scheme
Wile
Sneaky stratagem
Deceptive ploy
Deceptive action
Bit of deceit
Artful dodge
Bit of deception
Gambit
Subterfuge
Bit of trickery LA Times Daily 26 Sep 2016
Con Universal 26 Sep 2016
Bit of subterfuge LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2016
Sly strategy Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 2016
Sneaky trick Newsday 07 Sep 2016
Artful dodge Family Time 29 Aug 2016
Deceptive scheme LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2016
Fake-out New York Times 25 Jun 2016
Smoke screen New York Times 28 May 2016
Artful dodge USA Today 25 May 2016
Sneaky plan Newsday 23 May 2016
Trojan Horse, for one USA Today 11 May 2016
Deceptive tactic USA Today 07 May 2016
Con job LA Times Daily 30 Mar 2016
Smokescreen LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2016
Deception New York Times 02 Jan 2016
Bit of trickery
Bit of subterfuge
Smoke screen
Deception
Fake-out
Con
Trojan Horse, for one
Deceptive tactic
Deceptive scheme
Trojan Horse, e.g The Washington Post 29 Dec 2015
Ploy The Telegraph Quick 10 Dec 2015
Sneaky tactic LA Times Daily 01 Dec 2015
Tricky play, e.g Universal 01 Dec 2015
Bit of craft Newsday 28 Nov 2015
Sly tactic LA Times Daily 22 Nov 2015
Scam LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2015
Trojan horse, e.g Universal 04 Nov 2015
See-6 Across USA Today 23 Oct 2015
Trojan horse, infamously Universal 22 Sep 2015
Kick oneself for storing small device
Sneaky maneuver LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2015
Con USA Today 20 Jul 2015
Druggie's back to front dodge
Artful dodge Newsday 17 May 2015
Sneaky tactic Newsday 02 Mar 2015
Trojan horse, e.g New York Times 25 Jan 2015
Bit of sneakiness LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2015
Scam
Sly tactic
Sneaky maneuver
Sneaky tactic
Scheme
Trojan horse, e.g.
Con
Ploy
Red herring
Deceptive tactic
Trojan horse, e.g.
Deceptive plan
Bit of craft
Beguilement
Artful dodge
See-6 Across
Bit of sneakiness
Sneaky scheme
Trojan Horse, for example
Stratagem
Sly strategy
Scammer's ploy
Trojan horse, infamously
Tricky play, e.g.
Bit of trickery
Sneaky tactic
A deception fraudster used regularly
Wily trick
Red herring
Tricky pretense
Deceptive maneuver
Red herring
Stratagem
Stratagem
Wile
Deceptive tactic
Sneaky plan
Tricky maneuver
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Device
Ploy
Misleading tactic
Bit of subterfuge
Bit of beguilement
Bit of deception
Bit of deceit
Bit of flimflam
Deceptive action
Bit of chicanery
Misleading trick
Crafty stratagem
Crafty move
Artifice
Artifice
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Stratagem
Slick trick
Bit of chicanery
Clever tactic
Ploy
Pretense
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Bit of chicanery
Bit of subterfuge
Flimflam
Red herring
Slick move
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Flimflam
Bit of deception
Subterfuge
Crafty move
Setup for a surprise party
Deceptive action
Trojan Horse, for example
Slick trick
Scammer's ploy
Gambit
Bit of chicanery
It's a trick
Dodge
Trojan Horse, for example
Slick trick
Scammer's ploy
Dodge
Scheme
Slick trick
Strategem
The Trojan horse, e.g.
Deceptive ploy
Deception
34-Across, e.g.
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Tricky tactic
Artful stratagem
Subterfuge
Crafty stratagem
Con man's device
Device for deceiving
Artful dodge
Tricky tactic
Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party
Stratagem
Artful stratagem
Underhanded plan
Trojan horse, e.g.
Pretext
Crafty scheme
Ploy
Deceptive maneuver
Stratagem
Trick
Sly tactic
Trick
Trojan horse, e.g.
Deceptive ploy
Trick
Trojan horse, e.g.
Flimflam
Clever tactic
Sneaky ploy
Misleading trick
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Trojan horse, e.g.
Trick
Stratagem
Deceptive ploy
Bit of deception
Flimflam
Artful stratagem
Trick
Bit of chicanery
Trick
Deception
Bit of skulduggery
Artful dodge
Dodge
Feint
Artifice
Confidence trick
Trick
Bit of slyness
Deceptive plan
Fiendish plan, perhaps
Smoke screen
Sneaky scheme
Bit of slyness
Deception
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Deception
Machination
Subterfuge
Confidence trick
Ploy
Stratagem
Tricky play
Subterfuge
Deception
Wily subterfuge
Tricky tactic
Subterfuge
Sly tactic
Sly stratagem
Clever trick
Subterfuge
Crafty stratagem
Deceit
Bait-and-switch, e.g.
Artful dodge
Tricky tactic
Artful move
Sneaky move
Fraudulent activity
Diversionary tactic
Deception
Crafty manuever
Sly trick
Trick
Stratagem
Put-up job
Artifice
Sly tactic
Ploy
Artifice
Sly trick
Sly strategem
Deceptive plan
Trojan horse, e.g.
Artifice
Crafty move
Slick move
Crafty move
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Sly strategem
Deceptive plan
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Device for deceiving
Clever ploy
Dodge
Strategem
Gimmick
Artful dodge
Scammer's scheme
Scammer's scheme
Devious scheme
Subterfuge
Wily trick
Trick
Tactic
Crafty move
Intent to deceive
Sly stratagem
Artful dodge
Ploy
Gambit
Deceiver's tactic
Artifice
Shenanigan
Device
Bit of chicanery
Diversion
Red herring
Feint
Artifice
Clever ploy
Device runs application
Trickery
Cunning scheme
Trojan Horse, e.g.
Gimmick
Crafty stratagem
Subterfuge
Manoeuvre soldiers around America
Beguilement
Sly stratagem
Deception
Sly tactic
Machination
Jugglery
Con
Diversion
Stratagem
Subterfuge
Trojan horse, for example
Misleading move
Chicanery
Artful dodge
Con job
Red herring
Clever trick
Pretext
Strategem
Con man's device
Action to mislead
Dirty trick
The Trojan horse, e.g.
Bit of trickery
Deceitful trick.
A cunning move.
Type of trick.
Hoax.
Underhand ploy
Strategic move.
Red herring.
Crafty expedient.
Subterfuge.
Bit of chicanery
An attempt to pull wool over the eyes.
Trojan horse, for example.
Wool over the eyes.
Stratagem.
Resort of the wily.
Trick.
Trojan horse, for instance.
Trojan horse.
Dodge.
Artful dodge.
Strategy.
Bit of trickery.
Artifice.
"Wool over the eyes" gambit.
Wooden horse, for one.
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