- - Embarrassed by horse going astray — it's a distraction
- - a fishy diversion
- - false diversion
- - irrelevant diversion
- - Diversion intended to distract
- - Scarlet woman's item of jewellery creating a diversion
- - Deliberate distraction
- - Diversion; distraction
- - Planned distraction
- - diversion sees herd in confusion going wrong!
- - Diversion, husband going the wrong way by traffic light
- - Scarlet woman's cabal causing diversion
- - Misleading information
- - ruby on the girl's finger intended to put off the scent?
- - did she get a ruby when she got engaged to put others off the hunt?
- - it's diverting, though irrelevant
- - Don't be misled by this
- - socialist fish? that will put you off the scent!
- - crimson fish is a side-issue to divert attention
- - Seemingly important but actually irrelevant factor, like this answer
- - This will lead you down the garden path to shady type similar to one of those in 9 across
- - Whodunit misdirection
- - Misleading clue
- - Distracting literary device
- - Embarrassed-looking husband making mistake creates smokescreen
- - Irrelevant clue
- - Purposeful misdirection
- - Embarrassed fish?
- - Fake footprint at the murder scene, e.g.
- - Misleading lead
- - CARDINALFISH?
- - False lead
- - Decoy, of sorts
- - Misleading evidence
- - Attention diverter
- - Mystery writer's favorite appetizer?
- - Device used in mystery writing
- - Fishy lead
- - False clue
- - It misleads
- - Mystery-novel item
- - Whodunit ingredient
- - Fishy clue
- - Dish for a shifty politician
- - Fishy fish
- - Diversionary trick.
- - Diversionary tactic, as in politics.
- - Mystery story trickery.
- - It diverts the attention.
- - Something that diverts attention from main issue.
- - Diversionary tactic
- - Artful dodge
- - Whodunit staple
- - Subterfuge
- - Deception
- - it misleads revolutionary woman's circle
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