The clue "artifice" last appeared in the The Times Concise crossword on March 13, 2022. The correct answer for this puzzle is "TRICKERY", a 8-letter word.
Solution CHICANERY is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution CHICANERY is 9 letters long. We have 37 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 278 solutions. The longest is JURY-RIGGED EXPEDIENT with 19 letters, and the shortest is ART with 3 letters.
Indeed, the puzzle clue "ARTIFICE" has seen a surge in lookups recently (last checked: 04 Dec 2025). Apparently it´s giving players some headaches!
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Solutions are between 3 and 19 letters long.
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| Ingenious stratagem (8) | |
| Clever expedient (8) | |
| Contrivance, trickery (8) | |