Ploys designed to cause fear or alarm Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ploys designed to cause fear or alarm . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCARETACTICS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCARETACTICS Ploys designed to cause fear or alarm (12)
3% TACTIC Ploy (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
3% FIRE Cause for alarms (4) Newsday Sep 4, 2025
3% DISMAY Underworld might cause alarm (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
3% LEST For fear that (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 30, 2025
3% RUSE Sneaky ploy (4) USA Today Aug 25, 2025
3% STINGOPERATION Police ploy (14) Newsday Aug 24, 2025
3% RUSES Deceptive ploys (5) New York Times Mini Aug 24, 2025
3% MELDS Pinochle ploys (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 23, 2025
3% FRIGHTEN Alarm (8) The Times Sunday Concise Jul 27, 2025
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