| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MANOEUVRE | Subterfuge | |
| DECEPTION | Subterfuge | |
| STRATAGEM | Subterfuge | |
| VOIDANCE | Evasion; subterfuge. | |
| CREEPHOLE | A subterfuge; an excuse. | |
| ABOVEBOARD | Frank; without concealment or subterfuge | |
| CROOK | An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. | |
| TRAVERSE | A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. | |
| MASK | That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. | |
| TERGIVERSATION | The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. | |
| BLIND | Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge. | |
| QUIRK | A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. | |
| CHICANE | The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. | |
| EVADE | To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow,... | |