The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHADOWS , but the solution may also be TAILS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Follows surreptitiously crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHADOWS | 50 % | 7 |
| TAILS | 50 % | 5 |
Why may TAILS be the right solution?
"Tails" is the right answer because in this context, "follows surreptitiously" suggests following someone discreetly, like a detective following a suspect closely, which can be described as "tailing" someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Follows surreptitiously
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tail
- tails
- case
- steal
- steals
- peeks
- shadowing
- spy
- tailing
- counter
- shadow
- shadowed
Crossword Answer definitions
SHADOWS noun- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
- A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- That which looms as though a shadow.
- A small degree; a shade.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An inseparable companion.
- A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
- In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
- To shade, cloud or darken.
- To block light or radio transmission from.
- To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- To hide; to conceal.
- To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
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