Hiding soldiers in the Trojan horse and such (5)

I believe the answer is:

ruses

(Other definitions for ruses that I've seen before include "Tactics" , "Subterfuges" , "cunning tricks" , "Stratagem designed to deceive" , "'Stratagems, tricks (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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