Historical clue formulations

• Villainous ploy — 2026-06-11
• Trick — 2026-04-12
• Sneaky plot — 2025-10-19
• Trick — 2024-12-05
• Blind, to a duck — 2024-05-15
• Trick — 2023-11-05
• Ploy — 2023-08-22
• Stratagem — 2023-04-23
• Bit of trickery — 2022-11-11
• Deceptive trick — 2022-04-12
• Ploy — 2021-12-26
• Trick — 2021-02-12
• Ploy — 2021-01-10
• Sly stratagem — 2020-08-10
• Ploy — 2019-07-30
• Trick — 2019-07-19
• Underhanded plan — 2019-06-02
• Sneaky scheme — 2018-09-19
• Trick — 2018-02-26
• Fake-out — 2016-06-25
• Smoke screen — 2016-05-28
• Deception — 2016-01-02
• Trojan horse, e.g. — 2015-01-25
• Wile — 2014-10-18
• Device — 2014-03-15
• Artifice — 2013-11-05
• Bit of flimflam — 2013-07-12
• Setup for a surprise party — 2012-09-06
• 34-Across, e.g. — 2011-04-02
• Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party — 2010-12-25
• Trick — 2009-10-06
• Flimflam — 2008-02-21
• Subterfuge — 2007-11-26
• Machination — 2007-08-18
• Fake-out — 2007-05-06
• Deception — 2006-06-12
• Bait-and-switch, e.g. — 2006-04-20
• Deceit — 2006-01-22
• Put-up job — 2005-12-17
• Stratagem — 2005-08-21
• Subterfuge — 2004-11-05
• Dodge — 2003-01-12
• Machination — 2002-11-23
• Diversion — 2002-07-09
• Shenanigan — 2002-06-27
• Dodge — 2002-05-05
• Bit of chicanery — 2002-02-04
• Artifice — 2001-07-08
• Feint — 2001-01-05
• Dodge — 2000-12-10