Cunning plan
The crossword clue "Cunning plan" is answered by PLOY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLOY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLOY answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PLOY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLOY, most used first.
- Stratagem - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Tactic - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruse - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Gambit - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Clever tactic - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Tricky maneuver - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Maneuver - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Sneaky tactic - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Bit of subterfuge - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Devious maneuver - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Red herring - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Scheme - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Artful dodge - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Bit of trickery - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Clever maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Strategy - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Subterfuge - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tricky tactic - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tactical maneuver - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Med. plan options - HMOS, used 53 times
- Cunning - WILY, used 45 times
- Weight-loss plan - DIET, used 30 times
- Cunning - FOXY, used 25 times
- Food plan - DIET, used 22 times
- Part of a plan - STEP, used 22 times
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