Crossword clues
Shrewdly tricky
The crossword clue "Shrewdly tricky" is answered by SLY, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. 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
SLY
SLY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLY answer page.
8Times used
8Distinct years
2020Most recent year
4Publications
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLY, most used first.
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- Cunning - used 281 times, most recently in 2026
- Sneaky - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
- Devious - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- Foxy - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Wily - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Underhanded - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a fox - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Roguish - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Furtive - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Conniving - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Guileful - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Artful - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- __ as a fox - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Foxlike - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrewd - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Tricky - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Scheming - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and the Family Stone - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Stallone's nickname - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Surreptitious - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Arch - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Like some grins - used 24 times, most recently in 2016
- Calculating - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Clever - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of guile - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Cagey - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Clever like a fox - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Not to be trusted - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Shifty - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Actor Stallone's nickname - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Stealthy - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Leader of the Family Stone - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- On the ___ (secretly) - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ and the Family Stone ("Everyday People" band) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Family Stone frontman - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stallone, to friends - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Stone or Stallone - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Vulpine - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
- Duplicitous - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Machiavellian - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Done with a wink - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Mischievous - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Stallone nickname - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- "You ___ dog, you!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Designing - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Like a fox, it's said - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Like Reynard - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Like some winks - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- On the ___ (furtively) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Tricksy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Adjective for a fox - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cagy - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Like some winks and grins - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- On the ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Slick - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Canny - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Crafty like a fox - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of tricks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Slightly shifty - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Sneakily clever - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of cunning - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- On the ___ (sneakily) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sneaking - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Stone of rock - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Subtle - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ & the Family Stone - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Underhandedly clever - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Using trickery - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Weaselly - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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