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Stratagem (4)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">stratagem</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a ruse is a stratagem or ploy)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, the Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times.
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