Stratagem (4)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ploy that I've seen before include "Game manoeuvre" , "Cunning plan" , "Trick" , "Ruse, stratagem" , "Tactical scheme" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for plan that I've seen before include "Schedule" , "Project" , "Detailed proposal" , "Road map" , "Blueprint" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for plot that I've seen before include "Story or piece of land" , "are intriguing" , "Gunpowder, for one" , "A conspiracy or small piece of land" , "Piece of land or cunning scheme" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(a ruse is a stratagem or ploy)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ruse that I've seen before include "Artful ploy" , "Clever stratagem or plan" , "Sure its a strange deception" , "Ploy, artifice" , "Trick designed to deceive" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for gambit that I've seen before include "Sacrificial strategy in chess" , "Tactical move" , "play involving sacrifice" , "Stratagem in chess" , "Opening manoeuvre" .)
'stratagem' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for artifice that I've seen before include "BRICK/TRICK" , "Crafty deception or stratagem" , "Clever trickery" , "Ingenious stratagem" , "Subtle deception" .)