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Sly Tactic Crossword Clue

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

95%11Exact Match!
noun

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

• any improvised arrangement for temporary use

• the act of devising something

95%10Exact Match!
noun

• an unkind or aggressive trick

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New York Times22 Jan 1998 Down 12
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