The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY , but the solution may also be SLY Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Like a fox crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLY | 78 % | 3 |
| WILY | 6 % | 4 |
| SEXY | 4 % | 4 |
| VULPINE | 2 % | 7 |
| BUSHYTAILED | 2 % | 11 |
| FURRY | 2 % | 5 |
| SLY Down | 2 % | 38 |
| CRAZY | 2 % | 5 |
| ALLURING | 2 % | 8 |
Why may SLY-DOWN be the right solution?
The word "sly" is often used to describe a fox in literature and common phrases such as "sly as a fox" which means being clever or cunning. Therefore, "Like a fox" is a clue that leads to the answer "SLY".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Like a fox
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cunning
- sly
- wily
- figaro
- crafty
- practitioner
- file
- fox
- shifty
- slyly
- trick
- dido
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 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 SEXY
- Alluring
- Amorous
- Flashing leg, say
- Appealing to the prurient interest
- "___ and I Know It" (LMFAO song)
- Built and stacked
- Capital-H Hot
- Choice, as honey
- Voluptuous
- Alluring, plus
More clues leading to the result VULPINE
More clues leading to the result BUSHYTAILED
More clues leading to the result FURRY
- Like many house pets
- Like many a stuffed animal
- Like a bat or a bear
- Like an Ewok
- Like sables and minks
- Like some friends
- Like a fox
- Like rabbits
- Like koalas
- Lemurlike
More clues leading to the result SLY Down
More clues leading to the result CRAZY
- Bats
- Off one's rocker
- Bananas
- Patsy Cline classic
- Nelson-penned Cline hit
- Mad
- Bonkers
- Patsy Cline hit
- Ready for the rubber room
- Wild (about)