Pretentiously showy
The crossword clue "Pretentiously showy" is answered by ARTSY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ARTSY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARTSY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GLITZY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ARTSY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARTSY, most used first.
- Pretentious - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- ___-craftsy - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Bohemian - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Affected - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Quirkily creative - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Chichi - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Culturally pretentious - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dilettantish - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Pretentiously creative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- ___-fartsy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Like craft shows - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Pseudo-cultured - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Showily pretentious - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Pretentious, as a display - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Pretentiously designed - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Showy display - ECLAT, used 55 times
- Showy parrot - MACAW, used 46 times
- Showy flower - ASTER, used 38 times
- Showy flower - PEONY, used 37 times
- Showy success - ECLAT, used 17 times
- Showy bird - EGRET, used 15 times
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