Tricks (5)

I believe the answer is:

ruses

'tricks' is the definition.
(a ruse is a trick or ploy)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for ruses that I've seen before include "Clever stratagems" , "Clever strategems or plans" , "cunning tricks" , "Stratagem designed to deceive" , "Cunning plans" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Universal, the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and the King Feature Syndicate.

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