| 2026-06-11 | Villainous ploy |
| 2026-04-12 | Trick |
| 2026-01-01 | Preparation for many a surprise party |
| 2025-10-19 | Sneaky plot |
| 2024-12-05 | Trick |
| 2024-05-15 | Blind, to a duck |
| 2023-11-05 | Trick |
| 2023-08-22 | Ploy |
| 2023-04-23 | Stratagem |
| 2022-11-11 | Bit of trickery |
| 2022-04-12 | Deceptive trick |
| 2021-12-26 | Ploy |
| 2021-02-12 | Trick |
| 2021-01-10 | Ploy |
| 2020-08-10 | Sly stratagem |
| 2019-07-30 | Ploy |
| 2019-07-19 | Trick |
| 2019-06-02 | Underhanded plan |
| 2018-09-19 | Sneaky scheme |
| 2018-02-26 | Trick |
| 2016-06-25 | Fake-out |
| 2016-05-28 | Smoke screen |
| 2016-01-02 | Deception |
| 2015-01-25 | Trojan horse, e.g. |
| 2014-10-18 | Wile |
| 2014-03-15 | Device |
| 2013-11-05 | Artifice |
| 2013-07-12 | Bit of flimflam |
| 2012-09-06 | Setup for a surprise party |
| 2011-04-02 | 34-Across, e.g. |
| 2010-12-25 | Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party |
| 2009-10-06 | Trick |
| 2008-02-21 | Flimflam |
| 2007-11-26 | Subterfuge |
| 2007-08-18 | Machination |
| 2007-05-06 | Fake-out |
| 2006-06-12 | Deception |
| 2006-04-20 | Bait-and-switch, e.g. |
| 2006-01-22 | Deceit |
| 2005-12-17 | Put-up job |
| 2005-08-21 | Stratagem |
| 2004-11-05 | Subterfuge |
| 2003-01-12 | Dodge |
| 2002-11-23 | Machination |
| 2002-07-09 | Diversion |
| 2002-06-27 | Shenanigan |
| 2002-05-05 | Dodge |
| 2002-02-04 | Bit of chicanery |
| 2001-07-08 | Artifice |
| 2001-01-05 | Feint |
| 2000-12-10 | Dodge |
| 2000-10-22 | Trojan Horse, e.g. |
| 2000-10-19 | Deceit |
| 2000-06-30 | Dodge |
| 2000-06-11 | Beguilement |
| 2000-03-19 | Subterfuge |
| 2000-01-12 | Subterfuge |
| 1999-12-06 | Trick |
| 1999-06-20 | Stratagem |
| 1999-02-21 | Dodge |
| 1999-01-05 | Trick |
| 1998-12-13 | Dodge |
| 1998-11-15 | Ploy |
| 1998-10-06 | Jugglery |
| 1998-08-03 | Sneaky scheme |
| 1998-05-10 | Con |
| 1998-01-22 | Sly tactic |
| 1998-01-13 | Trick |
| 1997-12-07 | Dodge |
| 1997-04-07 | Stratagem |
| 1997-02-28 | Trojan horse, for example |
| 1996-05-05 | Subterfuge |
| 1996-02-01 | Subterfuge |
| 1995-02-05 | Artifice |
| 1994-05-17 | Misleading move |
| 1994-04-03 | Chicanery |
| 1994-02-12 | Dodge |