The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY , but the solution may also be DEFT which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Artful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLY | 71 % | 3 |
| DEFT | 10 % | 4 |
| WILY | 5 % | 4 |
| CLEVER | 5 % | 6 |
| CRAFTY | 2 % | 6 |
| ADROIT | 2 % | 6 |
| FOXY | 2 % | 4 |
| MASTERLY | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Artful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wily
- cunning
- sly
- tricksy
- guileful
- pawky
- manipulative
- scheming
- crafty
- designing
- evasive
- adroit
Crossword Answer definitions
SLY adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Slyly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result DEFT
- Skillful
- Adroit
- Dexterous
- Like a pickpocket's fingers
- Adept
- Like a jack-of-all-trades
- Resourceful
- Nimble-digited
- Light-fingered
- Sure-fingered
More clues leading to the result WILY
- Like a fox
- Sly
- Cunning
- Full of guile
- Crafty
- Astute
- Slick
- Skillfully deceptive
- Skilled at deception
- Crazy like a fox
More clues leading to the result CLEVER
More clues leading to the result CRAFTY
More clues leading to the result ADROIT
- Nimble
- Skillful
- Canny
- Experienced
- Deft
- Good in awkward spots
- Highly skilled
- Good with one's hands
- Cleverly skilled
- Dexterous