| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PLOYS | Tactics | |
| WAITANDSEE | Cautious (tactics) | |
| TACTIC | See Tactics. | |
| STALL | Use delaying tactics | |
| PLAYFORTIME | Use delaying tactics | |
| STALLFORTIME | Use delaying tactics | |
| STONEWALL | Use delaying tactics | |
| DIRTYTRICKS | Underhand tactics practised by grubby magicians? | |
| MASTERSTROKES | Brilliant tactics employed to become adept at freestyle and butterfly | |
| TACTICAL | Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics. | |
| TACTICIAN | One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager. | |
| MANOEUVRE | To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense. | |
| INVERSION | A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on. | |
| GUIDE | ...pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. ... | |
| TACTICS | ...al forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and ... | |