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20 answers for: A trick contrivance
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DEVICEA trick contrivance
CLAPPERA former word for a rabbit hole; a primitive type of bridge built from planks laid on piles of stones; the tongue of a bell; or, a wooden contrivance for scaring birds (7)
GINAn artifice or trick; a contrivance for snaring game; a horse mill; a machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds; a variant of rummy; or, from "juniper", an ardent spirit flavoured with the berry-like c
PEGBOARDA perforated device for keeping score in a game such as cribbage; a similar larger contrivance for display; or, another name for solitaire (8)
PRANKTrick of doing a petty contrivance (5)
DEUSEXMACHINAIn ancient Greek drama, an actor, playing a god, carried to the stage by a mechanical contrivance to resolve the plot (4,2,7)
ABACUSA cab and us combined for a calculating contrivance
YOKEWhat is a contrivance for joining a pair of draught animals, especially oxen (4)
BREATHALYSERA contrivance used in a test for measuring blood alcohol content that one could potentially fail following consumption of two standard glasses of wine, some 30 mince pies or around 850 chocolate lique
TRAPA contrivance to catch the back section
GADGETWander to acquire a contrivance
ENGINEThe driving source of a mechanical contrivance
ASSEVERATEPositively declare contrivance saves a tree (10)
SPLINTContrivance for holding a broken bone (6)
SCAMContrivance for taking people for a ride
EXPEDIENTA contrivance, shift (9)
CONTRAPTIONA contrivance (11)
GISMOTry to outline philosophy that's a contrivance (5)
SLUICEA sliding gate or other contrivance for controlling the volume or flow of water
STIRRUPWhich contrivance is suspended from a horse's saddle to support the rider's foot (7)