The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SECRET , but the solution may also be COVERT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Clandestine crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SECRET | 23 % | 6 |
| COVERT | 19 % | 6 |
| STEALTHY | 10 % | 8 |
| SLY | 10 % | 3 |
| TOPSECRET | 6 % | 9 |
| NOTELL | 6 % | 6 |
| BACKDOOR | 6 % | 8 |
| FURTIVE | 6 % | 7 |
| SYRUPTITIOUS | 3 % | 12 |
| SNEAK | 3 % | 5 |
| CLOAKANDDAGGER | 3 % | 14 |
| BACKSTAIR | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clandestine
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hole-and-corner
- cloak-and-dagger
- on the quiet
- covert
- undercover
- surreptitious
- secret
- hush-hush
- hugger-mugger
- underground
- secretly
- secretive
Crossword Answer definitions
SECRET noun- A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- Something not understood or known.
- Private seclusion.
- (in the plural) The genital organs.
- A form of steel skullcap.
- (often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
- To make or keep secret.
- To hide secretly.
- Being or kept hidden.
- Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
- Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
- Separate; distinct.
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 SECRET
- Hush-hush
- Hush-hush·
- Undisclosed
- Hidden, as eight related pieces in the grid
- Privileged info
- Like many C.S.I.S and C.I.A. files
- Diary tidbit
- Under wraps
- Confidence
- Skeleton in the closet, e.g.
More clues leading to the result COVERT
- Camouflaged, perhaps
- Like a dirty-tricks campaign
- Disguised
- Concealed
- Clandestine
- Underhanded
- Like a CIA operation
- Like many CIA ops
- Hush-hush
- Like some operations
More clues leading to the result STEALTHY
- Like a thief in the night
- Furtive
- K G
- Like a preying lion
- Like a ninja
- Like a sneak thief
- Underhand
- Like ninjas
- Like a cat burglar
- Catfooted
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 TOPSECRET
- Highest level of classified information
- Clandestine
- Like an eyes-only document, say
- Like many briefings Obama is privy to
- Clearance level
- Very best 64-Across?
- Highly classified
- Hush-hush
- For certain eyes only
- Very hush-hush
More clues leading to the result NOTELL
- ___ motel (place for an affair)
- ___ Motel (tryst place)
- __ motel
- Secret-keeping, so to speak
- Clandestine
- ___ Motel (storied trysting spot)
- ___ motel (tryst site)
- Kind of motel, slangily
- ___ motel
- Kind of motel
More clues leading to the result BACKDOOR
- Rear entrance
- Portal to a patio, perhaps
- Way out
- Way out, at times
- Indirect means or way.
- Surreptitious.
- Clandestine
- Tryster's escape route, maybe
More clues leading to the result FURTIVE
More clues leading to the result SYRUPTITIOUS
More clues leading to the result SNEAK
- Tiptoe about
- Underhanded one
- Dastardly one
- Kind of attack
- Double-crosser
- Pussyfoot
- Quarterback maneuver
- Kind of preview
- 4th and inches option, often
- Creep
More clues leading to the result CLOAKANDDAGGER
- 1946 Gary Cooper movie
- Like the spy biz
- Like undercover operations
- Like espionage operations
- Intriguing?
- Secretive
- Novel genre
- Secretive, as espionage
- Type of melodrama.
- Engaged in intrigue.