| 100% | GUILE | 5 | "Used all his _____ to trick his opponent" (craftiness) |
| 50% | FIGLEAF | 7 | Used by Adam to preserve his modesty |
| 49% | DEBUFF | 6 | Use a power to give an opponent a penalty |
| 48% | PLOY | 4 | Trick designed to frustrate an opponent |
| 46% | LURE | 4 | * Inedible bait used to trick fish |
| 45% | AWL | 3 | Braille used one to create his alphabet |
| 45% | ANNI | 4 | What Augustus used to measure his age |
| 44% | SETATRAP | 8 | Attempt to trick one’s chess opponent, say |
| 44% | MAT | 3 | A wrestler might pin his opponent to it |
| 44% | SUBTERFUGE | 10 | Trick used to achieve an objective |
| 44% | RUSE | 4 | Sure to use trick |
| 44% | PUBLIC | 6 | For all to use |
| 43% | BALLOONS | 8 | What Carl used to move his house in "Up" |
| 43% | ENOW | 4 | "... there are evils ___ to darken all his goodness": Shak. |
| 43% | RUSES | 5 | Sure to use small tricks |
| 43% | SAW | 3 | What a magician uses to cut his assistant in half |
| 42% | KICKBOXER | 9 | Uses feet instead of hands to punch opponents |
| 42% | OMNI | 4 | Prefix used with "potent" to mean all-powerful |
| 42% | ENVY | 4 | "His talent was an object of ___ to all his friends." (covetous feeling) |
| 42% | WIFEY | 5 | Informal term used by a husband to address his spouse lovingly |
| 42% | FILIBUSTER | 10 | What Mitch McConnell used to block his own bill, in 2012 |
| 42% | ENOW | 4 | "...there are evils ___ to darken all his goodness": "Antony and Cleopatra" |
| 42% | ITEMIZE | 7 | Use IRS Schedule A to list all deductions, say |
| 41% | OLLIE | 5 | Skateboarding trick used to leap over obstacles |
| 41% | GOLDFINGER | 10 | First James Bond film to feature his tricked-out Aston Martin DB5 |
| 41% | USUAL | 5 | "I see he's up to his ___ tricks" |
| 41% | CONGAME | 7 | Dishonest trick used to get someone's money |
| 41% | GRANDSLAM | 9 | Contract to win all thirteen tricks, in bridge |
| 40% | CHERRYPITS | 10 | "We used some food to make a snowman. Under his arms we put ___" |
| 40% | EAR | 3 | "For all in vain comes counsel to his __": Shak. |