Stratagem (4)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I know that stratagem can be written as ploy)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ploy that I've seen before include "Game manoeuvre" , "Cunning plan" , "Trick" , "Ruse, stratagem" , "Tactical scheme" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for plan that I've seen before include "Schedule" , "Project" , "Detailed proposal" , "Road map" , "Blueprint" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
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(Other definitions for plot that I've seen before include "Story or piece of land" , "are intriguing" , "Gunpowder, for one" , "A conspiracy or small piece of land" , "Piece of land or cunning scheme" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(a ruse is a stratagem or ploy)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ruse that I've seen before include "Artful ploy" , "Clever stratagem or plan" , "Sure its a strange deception" , "Ploy, artifice" , "Trick designed to deceive" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I know that stratagem can be written as gambit)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for gambit that I've seen before include "Sacrificial strategy in chess" , "Tactical move" , "play involving sacrifice" , "Stratagem in chess" , "Opening manoeuvre" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for artifice that I've seen before include "BRICK/TRICK" , "Crafty deception or stratagem" , "Clever trickery" , "Ingenious stratagem" , "Subtle deception" .)