The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OBLIQUE , but the solution may also be ROUNDABOUT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Not straightforward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OBLIQUE | 33 % | 7 |
| ROUNDABOUT | 17 % | 10 |
| DEVIOUS | 17 % | 7 |
| IRONICAL | 17 % | 8 |
| EVASIVE | 17 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not straightforward
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- complicated
- convoluted
- intricate
- complexed
- complexity
- complicate
- complex
- complication
- complicity
- intricacy
- involve
- involution
Crossword Answer definitions
OBLIQUE noun- An oblique line.
- (grammar) The oblique case.
- To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
- To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
- Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- (grammar) Of speech or narration, indirect, employing the actual words of the speaker, but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person, adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
- A slashing action or motion, particularly:
- A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
- Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
- The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- Slash fiction.
- A drink of something; a draft.
- A piss: an act of urination.
- A swampy area; a swamp.
- A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- The period of a transitory breeze.
- An interval of good weather.
- The loose part of a rope; slack.
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 OBLIQUE
- On a slant
- Slanted
- Not straightforward
- Indirect
- Not immediately understandable
- Indirect.
- Biased
- At a glance
- Like some references
- Slightly slanted
More clues leading to the result ROUNDABOUT
- Indirect
- *Brit's traffic circle
- Circuitous
- Merry-go-round, in England.
- Indirect.
- Circuitous.
- See image
- Not straightforward
More clues leading to the result DEVIOUS
- Sneaky
- Cunning
- Playing games, so to speak
- Calculating
- Not straightforward.
- Roundabout
- Crafty
- Not on the level
- Tricky ... or a tricky description of 18-, 29-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across
- Underhanded
More clues leading to the result IRONICAL
- Mocking
- Expressing the opposite of what's actually said
- Rabelaisian
- Kind of funny
- Describing O. Henry denouements.
- Sarcastic.
- Wryly humorous.
- Lightly sarcastic.
- Sarcastic
- Meaning the contrary