Answer to "Not straight, in a way" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GAY , but the solution may also be CURLY which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).

Not straight, in a way crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GAY	71 %	3
CURLY	14 %	5
SNAKING	14 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not straight, in a way

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• indirect
• direct
• directing
• directionally
• crooked
• right
• bent
• squarely
• directly
• awry
• lie
• square

Crossword Answer definitions

GAY noun

1. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
2. Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
3. An ornament, a knick-knack.

GAY verb

1. To make happy or cheerful.
2. To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.

GAY adjective

1. (possibly obsolete) Happy, joyful, and lively.
2. Quick, fast.
3. (possibly obsolete) Festive, bright, or colourful.
4. Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
5. Homosexual:
6. A pejorative:
7. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
8. (possibly obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree.

GAY adverb

1. (possibly obsolete) Considerably, very.

GAY noun

1. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.

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 GAY

• Enola ___
• Like the 1890s
• Author Talese
• Nineties descriptor
• Flaming, say
• Kind of bar
• Man's man?
• Writer Talese
• 1890s description
• Lively

More clues leading to the result CURLY

• Hair on a humid day
• Jerome Howard
• One of a slapstick comedy trio
• Not straight
• Palance's Oscar-winning role in "City Slickers"
• One of Moe's victims
• Spiral-shaped __ fries
• Moe's brother
• Brother of 57 Down
• A Stooge

More clues leading to the result SNAKING

• Winding, as a road
• Plumber's work, at times
• Drano alternative?
• Hauling a log by a chain.
• Weaving in and out
• Not straight
• Not straight, in a way
• Dragging lengthwise