Sly
The crossword clue "Sly" is answered by CAGEY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAGEY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAGEY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CAGEY
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAGEY, most used first.
- Shrewd - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Not forthcoming - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Sly looks - LEERS, used 27 times
- Sly character - RAMBO, used 15 times
- Sly glances - LEERS, used 13 times
- Sly one - SNEAK, used 11 times
- Wed on the sly - ELOPE, used 9 times
- Marry on the sly - ELOPE, used 8 times
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