Less forthright
The crossword clue "Less forthright" is answered by SLYER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1979. 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
SLYER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLYER answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1979. 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 SLYER
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLYER, most used first.
- More cunning - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- More crafty - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- More devious - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Foxier - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- More cagey - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- More foxy - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- More sneaky - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- More artful - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- More shrewd - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- More wily - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Comparatively cagey - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- More clever - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- More furtive - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Craftier - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- More underhanded - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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