Tactic Crossword Clue

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PLOY
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Clever tacticCrossword Clue
Sneaky maneuverCrossword Clue
Apollo oddly pulled back from dirty manoeuvreCrossword Clue
Cunning schemeCrossword Clue
Devious planCrossword Clue
Devious schemeCrossword Clue
RuseCrossword Clue
TrickCrossword Clue
Cunning ruseCrossword Clue

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PLAN
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
"It's all going according to ___!"Crossword Clue
StrategizeCrossword Clue
Map showing lake in shallow depressionCrossword Clue
SchemeCrossword Clue
Work out the details beforehandCrossword Clue
BlueprintCrossword Clue
Map outCrossword Clue
Think aheadCrossword Clue

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RUSE
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
TrickCrossword Clue
Cunning planCrossword Clue
Trick – userCrossword Clue
SchemeCrossword Clue
Blind, to a duckCrossword Clue
Bit of deceptionCrossword Clue
Deceptive planCrossword Clue
Sly ployCrossword Clue
SubterfugeCrossword Clue

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ENDPLAY
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bridge tacticCrossword Clue
Put a stop to power plant's strategy for bridgeCrossword Clue
Put a stop to power plants strategy for bridgeCrossword Clue
Draw stumps or stump?Crossword Clue
Force a losing lead to finish dramaCrossword Clue
Bridge tacticCrossword Clue
Tactic to make a contractCrossword Clue
Bridge topicCrossword Clue
Bridge topicCrossword Clue
Draw stumps to put opponent in impossible positionCrossword Clue

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MASSE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
En ___: as a groupCrossword Clue
Shot with EnglishCrossword Clue
Tricky billiard shotCrossword Clue
Fancy billiards shotCrossword Clue
En ___ (all at once)Crossword Clue
En ___ (as a group)Crossword Clue
Tricky billiards strokeCrossword Clue
Pool stroke that may damage the feltCrossword Clue
En ___ (all together)Crossword Clue
En ___Crossword Clue

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SIEGE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
Prolonged blockadeCrossword Clue
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
“Iliad” eventCrossword Clue
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
Drawn-out military attackCrossword Clue
Prolonged attackCrossword Clue
Wait-’em-out tacticCrossword Clue

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ACEUPONESSLEEVE
15 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Secret advantageCrossword Clue
Concealed advantageCrossword Clue
Secret advantageCrossword Clue
Hidden assetCrossword Clue
It's surprising when playedCrossword Clue
It's surprising when playedCrossword Clue
Hidden assetCrossword Clue
Secret weaponCrossword Clue
Secret weaponCrossword Clue
Hidden resourceCrossword Clue

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AMBIT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Scope, extentCrossword Clue
Scope of influenceCrossword Clue
ExtentCrossword Clue
BoundsCrossword Clue
LimitsCrossword Clue
Sphere of influenceCrossword Clue
Range — compassCrossword Clue
ScopeCrossword Clue
Mile added into a little circuitCrossword Clue
Confines or rather restricts spy bossCrossword Clue

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GOODCOPBADCOP
13 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Interrogation techniqueCrossword Clue
"Game" played to get informationCrossword Clue
"Game" played to get informationCrossword Clue
Police ployCrossword Clue
Grilling techniqueCrossword Clue
Grilling techniqueCrossword Clue
Interrogation techniqueCrossword Clue
Police interrogation strategyCrossword Clue

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HOLD
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ClutchCrossword Clue
MaintainCrossword Clue
Callback alternativeCrossword Clue
ClutchCrossword Clue
Answering system limboCrossword Clue
ContendCrossword Clue
GraspCrossword Clue
CherishCrossword Clue
"___ Out Your Hand" (Brandi Carlile song)Crossword Clue
EmbraceCrossword Clue

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HARDSELL
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Aggressive promotionCrossword Clue
Aggressive advertising pitchCrossword Clue
Aggressive pitchCrossword Clue
Powerful pitch?Crossword Clue
Aggressive marketingCrossword Clue
Powerful pitchCrossword Clue
High-pressure pitchCrossword Clue
Definite deception inherent in strong promotionCrossword Clue
Marketing method making unhaloed heads rollCrossword Clue
Aggressive hawkingCrossword Clue

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ECOTAGE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Destruction of fracking rigs, e.gCrossword Clue
Destruction by environmental extremistsCrossword Clue
English house having no heart for environmental terrorismCrossword Clue
Acts of environmental extremismCrossword Clue
Actions of environmental extremistsCrossword Clue
Environmental terrorismCrossword Clue
Environmental terrorismCrossword Clue
Earth Liberation Front actionsCrossword Clue
Environmental extremists' actsCrossword Clue
Environmental extremists' actsCrossword Clue

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COMBATMANEUVER
14 Letters

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GAMBIT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
See 18Crossword Clue
Chess manoeuvre involving a sacrificeCrossword Clue
Chess move where a player sacrifices minor pieces in order to get a good positionCrossword Clue
Stratagem, manoeuvreCrossword Clue
Periodical served up piece as a good opener?Crossword Clue
Tactical moveCrossword Clue
Good scope offered by opening on boardCrossword Clue
Opening moveCrossword Clue
Clever opening of golf rangeCrossword Clue
Clever opening of golf rangeCrossword Clue

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LOB
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
High hit, in tennisCrossword Clue
First half of an alley-oopCrossword Clue
Shot one waits to knock backCrossword Clue
High hitCrossword Clue
Tennis shotCrossword Clue
Hit up?Crossword Clue
Soft throwCrossword Clue
Portmanteau hairstyleCrossword Clue
High tennis shotCrossword Clue
Easy throwCrossword Clue

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SMEARING
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Using questionable campaign tacticsCrossword Clue
Male involved in intense defamatory actionCrossword Clue
Male involved in intense defamatory actionCrossword Clue
Wet ink concernCrossword Clue
Campaign dirty tricksCrossword Clue
Campaign dirty tricksCrossword Clue
Doing a poor window-washing jobCrossword Clue
Using questionable campaign tacticsCrossword Clue
Using unethical campaign tacticsCrossword Clue
DefamingCrossword Clue

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BESIEGE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Encircle and blockadeCrossword Clue
Live herons? Bother!Crossword Clue
Crowd round saint that is interrupting father endlesslyCrossword Clue
Blockade is lifted, say? One working hard to restrict thatCrossword Clue
Is coming up with say, boring spelling test to harassCrossword Clue
I see GB in disarray and English beset with hostile forcesCrossword Clue
Harass with live blockadeCrossword Clue
Harass with live blockadeCrossword Clue
SurroundCrossword Clue
Swarming bees, e. g., I trap in a wayCrossword Clue

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BRINKMANSHIP
12 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
The art of flirting with disasterCrossword Clue
Negotiating tactic of making credible threats in the hope of winning concessionsCrossword Clue
Negotiating tactic of taking things to the limitCrossword Clue
Living on the edge politicallyCrossword Clue
Tactic of pushing a dangerous situation to its limitsCrossword Clue
Policy of pushing a dangerous situation to its limitsCrossword Clue
Practice of taking a dangerous policy to the limitCrossword Clue
Pressing of a dangerous situation to the limitCrossword Clue
Sometime foreign policyCrossword Clue

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FILIBUSTER
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Strain overwhelming international coach making lengthy speechCrossword Clue
Screen capturing India coachs time-wasting tacticCrossword Clue
Obstruct clerk maybe storing one statueCrossword Clue
I break in to lodge by river and hold Bill upCrossword Clue
Go on and on speaking of young girl and boyCrossword Clue
Delaying tactic from one coach overcome by strainCrossword Clue
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunkCrossword Clue
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunkCrossword Clue
Prolonged speech in the House? Fibs rule it out of orderCrossword Clue
One with reserve retiring amid strain, delaying procedureCrossword Clue

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MASTER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
See 24Crossword Clue
Learn inside and outCrossword Clue
Get downCrossword Clue
Get on top of Daisy, married earlierCrossword Clue
PerfectCrossword Clue
The "M" of MBACrossword Clue
Become very good atCrossword Clue
Control turbulent streamCrossword Clue
Original recording from which copies can be madeCrossword Clue
Teacher: According to Newtons second law, force affects rest”Crossword Clue

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STRATAGEM
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
a Device filling patisserie twists?Crossword Clue
Plan to have precious stone beneath rock layersCrossword Clue
Start game unconventionally, making attempt to gain advantageCrossword Clue
Large strumpets turned a trick?Crossword Clue
Scheme to gain an endCrossword Clue
Start game off calculating planCrossword Clue
Flipping hookers wrecked game planCrossword Clue
Artifice of befuddled magistrate lacking imagination for a startCrossword Clue
Trick turning over gigantic pastries?Crossword Clue
Assume that Boris has this? - huge prostitutes turning overCrossword Clue

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EMBARGO
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Therefore acquiring a business degree is a restrictionCrossword Clue
Catch Philistine turning round prohibitionCrossword Clue
Ban on tradeCrossword Clue
Trading off?Crossword Clue
Trade restrictionCrossword Clue
Order imposing a trade barrierCrossword Clue
Official ban on tradeCrossword Clue
Queen taking bishop in mating attack primarily to advance checkCrossword Clue
Ban half of poem - ban essayCrossword Clue
'I need a hug' offered up – stop!Crossword Clue

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NIL
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
NaughtCrossword Clue
ZilchCrossword Clue
Goose eggCrossword Clue
ZipCrossword Clue
ZipCrossword Clue
It means nothing to meCrossword Clue
NothingCrossword Clue
NadaCrossword Clue
ZipCrossword Clue
NadaCrossword Clue

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PLAY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Quarterback’s callCrossword Clue
LatitudeCrossword Clue
“The work of the child”: Maria MontessoriCrossword Clue
Dance showCrossword Clue
MLB game -->Crossword Clue
--> 1978 comedyCrossword Clue
MLB ump's call: "___ ball!"Crossword Clue
"Fleabag" started as oneCrossword Clue
AvocationCrossword Clue
Before "nice," it's a verb – after "nice," it's a nounCrossword Clue

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TRIO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Huey, Dewey and Louie, e.gCrossword Clue
The Powerpuff Girls, e.gCrossword Clue
Small chamber music groupCrossword Clue
Band like The ChicksCrossword Clue
Group of threeCrossword Clue
The Powerpuff Girls, e.gCrossword Clue
Destiny’s Child, e.gCrossword Clue
ThreesomeCrossword Clue
Group of threeCrossword Clue
Haim, for exampleCrossword Clue

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GUERILLAWARFARE
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
"Soldier of Fortune" subjectCrossword Clue

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PAYWALL
7 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Always wrapped at first in a cloak of obscurity? Not a feature of our websiteCrossword Clue
Barrier at site entrance: parking, indeed with everyoneCrossword Clue
Reversal of rule brought into play changed system for online subscribersCrossword Clue
Reversal of rule brought into play changed system for online subscribersCrossword Clue
Feature of the New York Times websiteCrossword Clue
Website feature that blocks nonsubscribersCrossword Clue

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CUEBIDDING
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Bridge communicationCrossword Clue

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DROPSHOT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Scratching head, orthopod's performing skilful manœuvreCrossword Clue
Tennis strokeCrossword Clue
Andy Murray's choice sinks inCrossword Clue
Murray speciality? Pros foxed, taken in by depth, skilfulCrossword Clue
Releases popular short hitCrossword Clue
"Soft hands" strokeCrossword Clue
Return from RafaCrossword Clue
Abandons dodgy element of play at WimbledonCrossword Clue
*Tricky tennis strokeCrossword Clue
*Tricky tennis strokeCrossword Clue

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GAMBIA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Disney film with king ultimately replacing leader over a nationCrossword Clue
Disney film with king ultimately replacing leader over a nationCrossword Clue
First step, not last, to reach a countryCrossword Clue
Short opening move by a foreign stateCrossword Clue
Mainland Africa's smallest nationCrossword Clue
Smallest country in mainland AfricaCrossword Clue
Its capital is an Atlantic portCrossword Clue
West African country surrounded by SenegalCrossword Clue
Note by a doctor to one going to a foreign countryCrossword Clue
A doctor stops soldier going to a countryCrossword Clue

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SMOKESCREEN
11 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ruse designed to disguiseCrossword Clue
Deceptive tacticCrossword Clue
Something that conceals the truthCrossword Clue
E.g. Hamlet on TV provides diversionCrossword Clue
Ruse designed to disguise one's real intentionsCrossword Clue
Cover small donkey spied touring Cork regularlyCrossword Clue
Diversion created by cigarette (filter)Crossword Clue
Action intended to confuse or obscureCrossword Clue
Deceptive measureCrossword Clue
It conceals one's actual plansCrossword Clue

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STONEWALLING
12 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Having drunk a whiskey, playing for time, obstructing discussionCrossword Clue
Blocking or playing for time - nothing novel in thatCrossword Clue
Consistently blocking deliveriesCrossword Clue
Consistently blocking deliveriesCrossword Clue
Delaying tactics? Nothing new in that!Crossword Clue

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STALLING
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Prevarication unlikely in serenadeCrossword Clue
Prevarication unlikely in serenadeCrossword Clue
Its smart concealing everything, using delaying tacticsCrossword Clue
Playing for timeCrossword Clue
Losing velocityCrossword Clue

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RAMRAID
7 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Heist starting with crash into shop windowCrossword Clue

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SABOTAGE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
A fly larva burrowing into herb causes destructionCrossword Clue
WreckCrossword Clue
How old is footwear damage?Crossword Clue
How old is footwear damage?Crossword Clue
Deliberately damageCrossword Clue
Tea bag so explosively causes destructionCrossword Clue
Damage sea boat struggling to keep going, initiallyCrossword Clue
Its automaton time: act like a Luddite!Crossword Clue
Spoil backing of legato bassoon pieceCrossword Clue
Damage from wear on bottom of shoeCrossword Clue

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SHORTCUT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Right about blocking call for a quicker approachCrossword Clue
Quick way to make Brie?Crossword Clue
Take it to save timeCrossword Clue
Time-saving hairdo?Crossword Clue
Quick way round two problems with electricityCrossword Clue
Means of saving time or effortCrossword Clue
Taking that path might not yield successCrossword Clue
TimesaverCrossword Clue
Time-saver for curt host, perhapsCrossword Clue
Time-saving routeCrossword Clue

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EMPLOYING
9 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Taking on English politician making false claims about leader of oppositionCrossword Clue
Giving work at least, involves device checking for exampleCrossword Clue
Taking on scheme in eastern ChinaCrossword Clue
Making use ofCrossword Clue

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POISONPILL
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Unacceptable conditionCrossword Clue

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ATTRIT
6 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Reduce the enemy's numbersCrossword Clue
Wear down, in a wayCrossword Clue
Wear down the enemyCrossword Clue

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EMPLOYER
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Boss's ruse in WindermereCrossword Clue
An engaging personCrossword Clue
Mere waste - housing scheme for the company, perhapsCrossword Clue
Engineers set up outside device for companyCrossword Clue
BossCrossword Clue
Background check runner, maybeCrossword Clue
Bosss European master plan supported by monarchCrossword Clue
Master scheme is adopted in less than half of emergenciesCrossword Clue
Ones worked for lifes ultimate complex polymer (8Crossword Clue
Bosss tactic adopted by engineers turning upCrossword Clue

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TASER
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stunning deviceCrossword Clue
RatesCrossword Clue
Stun with outrageous ratesCrossword Clue
Stunning form of apprehension 25 brought upCrossword Clue
Shocking weaponCrossword Clue
Weapon that delivers a shockCrossword Clue
It's shockingCrossword Clue
Stun gunCrossword Clue
Temporarily incapacitate some bandit, as errantCrossword Clue
Thin core becoming small — it could shock youCrossword Clue

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USEDUP
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ExhaustedCrossword Clue
Pseud sacked by bureau ultimately finishedCrossword Clue
ConsumedCrossword Clue
All goneCrossword Clue
DepletedCrossword Clue
ExhaustedCrossword Clue
SpentCrossword Clue
DepletedCrossword Clue
Exhausted the supplyCrossword Clue
Finished milk dish that's on the turnCrossword Clue

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BODYLINE
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Short-pitched fast bowling as in 1932/33 controversyCrossword Clue
One led on by convoluted strategy for attackCrossword Clue

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ENTRAPMENT
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Enticing and arresting new role backed by chaps in filmCrossword Clue
Film guys on strike in billowing tentCrossword Clue
Lure modern musicians to wear camp gear head to toeCrossword Clue
Luring into committing crime, strange pattern overwhelms menCrossword Clue
Sting victim's court defense, perhapsCrossword Clue
SnaringCrossword Clue
Masons beginning to enter unexpectedly repentant defendants plea?Crossword Clue
1999 Sean Connery movieCrossword Clue
SetupCrossword Clue
SetupCrossword Clue

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HITANDRUN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Baseball strategy that starts with a stolen base attemptCrossword Clue
Accident caused by driver who doesn't stopCrossword Clue
Baseball strategy for a contact hitterCrossword Clue
Policy for Twenty20 accident?Crossword Clue
Batsman's aggressive strategy found by accident?Crossword Clue
Instructions to batsman, causing some sort of accidentCrossword Clue
It's not really cricket — especially not on the road!Crossword Clue
Kind of motor accidentCrossword Clue
Baseball stratagemCrossword Clue
Baseball play that may be foiled by a pitchoutCrossword Clue

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MAKELOVE
8 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Mate, Brando?Crossword Clue
"___, not war"Crossword Clue
Start of a '60s sloganCrossword Clue
Pitch wooCrossword Clue

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HEIMLICH
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
American doctor known for his eponymous manoeuvre to stop chokingCrossword Clue
Force to abandon mile-high bonking - caught interrupting so-called emergency procedureCrossword Clue
Eponymous doctor with a maneuverCrossword Clue
Eponymous doctor with a maneuverCrossword Clue
Inventor of a lifesaving techniqueCrossword Clue
Last resort when someone's chokingCrossword Clue
He'd put the squeeze on youCrossword Clue

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PLOY

9 RELATED CLUES

PLAN

8 RELATED CLUES

RUSE

9 RELATED CLUES

ENDPLAY

10 RELATED CLUES

MASSE

10 RELATED CLUES

SIEGE

10 RELATED CLUES

ACEUPONESSLEEVE

10 RELATED CLUES

AMBIT

10 RELATED CLUES

GOODCOPBADCOP

8 RELATED CLUES

HOLD

10 RELATED CLUES

HARDSELL

10 RELATED CLUES

ECOTAGE

10 RELATED CLUES

COMBATMANEUVER

GAMBIT

10 RELATED CLUES

LOB

10 RELATED CLUES

SMEARING

10 RELATED CLUES

BESIEGE

10 RELATED CLUES

BRINKMANSHIP

9 RELATED CLUES

FILIBUSTER

10 RELATED CLUES

MASTER

10 RELATED CLUES

STRATAGEM

10 RELATED CLUES

EMBARGO

10 RELATED CLUES

NIL

10 RELATED CLUES

PLAY

10 RELATED CLUES

TRIO

10 RELATED CLUES

GUERILLAWARFARE

1 RELATED CLUES

PAYWALL

6 RELATED CLUES

CUEBIDDING

1 RELATED CLUES

DROPSHOT

10 RELATED CLUES

GAMBIA

10 RELATED CLUES

SMOKESCREEN

10 RELATED CLUES

STONEWALLING

5 RELATED CLUES

STALLING

5 RELATED CLUES

RAMRAID

1 RELATED CLUES

SABOTAGE

10 RELATED CLUES

SHORTCUT

10 RELATED CLUES

EMPLOYING

4 RELATED CLUES

POISONPILL

1 RELATED CLUES

ATTRIT

3 RELATED CLUES

EMPLOYER