| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MISLEADING | Deceptive | |
| ELUSIVE | Deceptive | |
| DECEPTORY | Deceptive. | |
| HALFTRUTHS | Deceptive accounts | |
| CAMOUFLAGE | Deceptive disguise | |
| FEIN | Deceptive movement | |
| FEINT | Deceptive blow | |
| RUSE | Deceptive manoeuvre | |
| DOUBLE-HANDED | Deceitful; deceptive. | |
| SOPHISTRY | Intentionally deceptive reasoning | |
| LEASY | Flimsy; vague; deceptive. | |
| SUBTLE | Smooth and deceptive. | |
| APPEARANCES | Spare canape could be deceptive | |
| TRUMPERY | Worthless or deceptive in character. | |
| PSEUDOMORPH | An irregular or deceptive form. | |
| SIREN | Something which is insidious or deceptive. | |
| ACCUSE | Charge top criminal invested in deceptive cause | |
| EMPLOY | Hire half of them with deceptive tactic | |
| ENDORSEMENTS | Emerson tends to give deceptive product testimonials | |
| SIRENICAL | Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive. | |
| SNIDE | Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. | |
| ILLUSIVE | Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal. | |
| ELUSORY | Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. | |
| BALK | A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. | |
| CLAPTRAP | Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal. | |