| Breaks ground, in a way | 23 |
| Agricultural devices | 20 |
| ___ back (reinvests) | 20 |
| Swords, after conversion | 24 |
| Fate of some Biblical swords | 28 |
| Cutting-edge farm parts | 23 |
| Move forcibly into, as a crowd | 30 |
| Deal with, as a stack of dull paperwork | 39 |
| Red herring | 11 |
| Bit of subterfuge | 17 |
| Strategem | 9 |
| Tricky maneuver | 15 |
| Sly tactic | 10 |
| Clever tactic | 13 |
| Bit of trickery | 15 |
| Devious maneuver | 16 |
| Tricky tactic | 13 |
| Sneaky tactic | 13 |
| Clever maneuver | 15 |
| Sly stratagem | 13 |
| Artful stratagem | 16 |
| Wily maneuver | 13 |
| Tricky action | 13 |
| Tactical maneuver | 17 |
| Sneaky maneuver | 15 |
| One-up tactic | 13 |
| Underhanded tactic | 18 |
| Something from one's bag of tricks | 38 |
| Sly maneuver | 12 |
| Shrewd move | 11 |
| Red herring, e.g. | 17 |
| Queen sacrifice in chess, e.g. | 30 |
| Piece of strategy | 17 |
| Outwitting maneuver | 19 |
| One-up trick | 12 |
| One-up maneuver | 15 |
| One-up job | 10 |
| Karpov gambit, e.g. | 19 |
| Gamer's maneuver | 20 |
| Disconcerting action | 20 |
| Devious tactic | 14 |
| Cunning tactic | 14 |
| Clever strategy | 15 |
| Bit of gamesmanship | 19 |
| Artful dodges | 13 |
| Gambits | 7 |
| Wily stratagems | 15 |
| Red herrings | 12 |
| Devious maneuvers | 17 |
| Sneaky gambits | 14 |
| Strategist's repertoire | 27 |
| Strategic moves | 15 |
| Sneaky tactics | 14 |
| Sneaky maneuvers | 16 |
| One-up tactics | 14 |
| Contrived tactics | 17 |
| Calculated schemes | 18 |
| Artful stratagems | 17 |
| Abbr. of politeness | 19 |
| Polite word in a text msg. | 26 |
| Polite wd. | 10 |
| Opposite of sings. | 18 |
| Word with remit: Abbr. | 22 |
| Txted word of polite request | 28 |
| Texting counterpart of "TY" | 37 |
| Some nouns: Abbr. | 17 |
| Some nouns, briefly | 19 |
| Small sts. | 10 |
| Polite word: Abbr. | 18 |
| Polite word in a txt | 20 |
| Polite shorthand abbr. | 22 |
| Polite admonition in a text msg | 31 |
| Polite abbr. | 12 |
| Part of many a texting request | 30 |
| Park and Peyton, briefly | 24 |
| Loci: Abbr. | 11 |
| Kin of "thx" | 22 |
| Counterpart to thx | 18 |
| Certain nouns: Abbr. | 20 |
| Brief memo nicety | 17 |
| Bit of texting tact | 19 |
| "Thx" counterpart | 27 |
| Not sing. | 9 |
| Opposite of sing. | 17 |
| More than one: Abbr. | 20 |
| Prefix with perfect | 19 |
| Perfect start to a grammarian? | 30 |
| Phenomena or personae: Abbr. | 28 |
| Perfect beginning? | 18 |
| Noun form: Abbr. | 16 |
| Like men and women: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like cats and dogs: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like birds and bees: Abbr. | 26 |
| Like "mice" and "men": Abbr. | 48 |
| Like "ifs" and "buts": Abbr. | 48 |
| Like "algae" or "termini": Abbr. | 52 |
| Grocery store sticker letters | 29 |
| Pull strings | 12 |
| Yank out | 8 |
| Play, as a ukulele | 18 |