Shy and modest
The crossword clue "Shy and modest" is answered by DEMURE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. 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
DEMURE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEMURE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by DEMURE, most used first.
Related clues
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