The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY , but the solution may also be SNEAKY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Devious 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 |
| SNEAKY | 6 % | 6 |
| FOXY | 4 % | 4 |
| SCHEMING | 4 % | 8 |
| TRICKY | 4 % | 6 |
| SUBTLE | 2 % | 6 |
| ERRATIC | 2 % | 7 |
| ARTFUL | 2 % | 6 |
| INDIRECT | 2 % | 8 |
| SHIFTY | 2 % | 6 |
| CRAFTY | 2 % | 6 |
Why may SLY be the right solution?
The word "devious" means cunning or sly, and the answer "SLY" fits this definition perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Devious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- untrustworthy
- indirect
- shifty
- roundabout
- circuitous
- untrusty
- oblique
- duplicitous
- deceitful
- cunning
- sly
- underhand
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 SNEAKY
- Surreptitous
- Like Pete
- Double-dealing
- Underhanded
- Secretive
- Furtive
- Deceitful
- Duplicitous
- Cunning
- Disingenuous
More clues leading to the result FOXY
More clues leading to the result SCHEMING
More clues leading to the result TRICKY
- Devious
- Deceptive
- ___ Dick (Nixon nickname)
- Unpredictable
- Hard to unravel
- Tough to figure out
- Requiring delicate handling
- Sly
- Unreliable.
- Deceptive.
More clues leading to the result SUBTLE
- Like some hints
- Understated
- Between-the-lines
- Easy to overlook
- Far from obvious
- Difficult to understand
- Crafty
- Nuanced
- Hard to get
- Discerning.
More clues leading to the result ERRATIC
- Unpredictable
- Inconsistent
- Off and on
- Wayward
- On-again-off-again
- Performing unpredictably
- Capricious
- Having no definite course
- Spotty
- Wandering
More clues leading to the result ARTFUL
- Like Dickens's Dodger
- Cunning
- Like a certain Dodger
- Clever
- Like the Dodger in "Oliver!"
- Crafty
- Sly
- Imaginative
- Like Dickens' Dodger
- Like a memorable Dodger
More clues leading to the result INDIRECT
- Not up front
- Word before lighting or object
- Roundabout
- Type of object
- Devious
- Not as the crow flies
- Glancing
- Not upfront
- Circuitous, as a route
More clues leading to the result SHIFTY
- Like one hard to trust
- Sly
- Marked by deceit
- Devious
- Not to be trusted
- Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.
- Tricky.
- Evasive.
- Evasive
- Furtive