Crafty move
The crossword clue "Crafty move" is answered by RUSE, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RUSE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUSE answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUSE, most used first.
- Trick - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
- Stratagem - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Ploy - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Subterfuge - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Artifice - used 41 times, most recently in 2020
- Deception - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Artful dodge - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Sneaky scheme - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Trojan horse, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Sneaky trick - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of trickery - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Deceptive ploy - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Dodge - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Bit of chicanery - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Deceptive plan - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Scheme - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Sly tactic - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Deceptive tactic - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Pretext - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Red herring - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Bit of deception - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of subterfuge - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Con - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Hoax - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Sneaky ploy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Deceptive scheme - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sneaky plan - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sneaky tactic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Confidence trick - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Crafty stratagem - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Slick trick - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Wily trick - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Dance move - STEP, used 190 times
- Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times
- Move, in Realtor lingo - RELO, used 66 times
- Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
- Move slowly - INCH, used 57 times
- Move like a butterfly - FLIT, used 52 times
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