| FLIMFLAM | A trick or deception - or utter nonsense |
| APPLESAUCE | Certain pureed food, or utter nonsense |
| FUNNYBUSINESS | Tricks or deception |
| WHITEWASH | Word for a glass of sherry after claret, port or other wine; wall paint synonymous with a cover-up, deception or glossing over; or, a total defeat or thrash in a game or match (9) |
| ILLUSION | From "make sport of, mock, play", a word for deception or an attempt to fool first, later a false idea/belief; an apparition; a magic trick or conjuring; or, chiffon or tulle, appearing to float (8) |
| FLAM | Drum rudiment consisting of two almost simultaneous strokes; or, dialect for drivel, a falsehood, an idle fancy, nonsense, a trick or a whim (4) |
| HOCUSPOCUS | A conjurer or juggler's dog-Latin incantation when performing a trick; or, chicanery, mumbo-jumbo or mystifying jargon generally (5-5) |
| RUSE | A trick or a stratagem (4) |
| STALLS | Delays or puts off, especially by evasion or deception. (6) |
| EYEWASH | An informal term for 'nonsense' or 'deception' (7) |
| HOAX | A practical joke or deception (4) |
| SHAM | Deception, or a fancy pillowcase |
| PERPETRATE | Carry out a deception or crime (10) |
| CHAOS | Word originally for a gaping void or abyss, later shapeless primordial matter; or, utter pandemonium (5) |
| MASKED | Like many a trick-or-treater |
| GUM | Item in a trick-or-treater's bag |
| HERSHEY | Brand in many a trick-or-treat bag |
| CARAMELS | Portion of a trick-or-treater's haul |
| BAG | It's a trick-or-treater's candy catcher |
| DOOR | What a trick-or-treater knocks on |
