Answer: artifice

AnswerCrossword Clue
ARTIFICE

Clever trick

ARTIFICE

Tricky stratagem

ARTIFICE

Trick

ARTIFICE
Craftiness
ARTIFICE
Ruse.
ARTIFICESubtle deception.
ARTIFICECrafty device.
ARTIFICETrick.
ARTIFICEGuile
ARTIFICEIngenuity
ARTIFICEDeceptive maneuver