The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FOXY , but the solution may also be CRAFTY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Sly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOXY | 17 % | 4 |
| CRAFTY | 14 % | 6 |
| CAGY | 14 % | 4 |
| ARCH | 12 % | 4 |
| WILY | 11 % | 4 |
| CAGEY | 6 % | 5 |
| TRICKY | 5 % | 6 |
| CUNNING | 4 % | 7 |
| SNEAKY | 2 % | 6 |
| SHIFTY | 2 % | 6 |
| CRAZYLIKEAFOX | 2 % | 13 |
| FELINE | 1 % | 6 |
| GUILEFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| ARTFUL | 1 % | 6 |
| TREATY | 1 % | 6 |
| UNDERHAND | 1 % | 9 |
| FOXLIKE | 1 % | 7 |
| STEALTHY | 1 % | 8 |
| CUTE | 1 % | 4 |
Why may CRAFTY be the right solution?
The word "sly" is a synonym for "crafty." Therefore, "crafty" is the right solution for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wily
- cunning
- tricksy
- artful
- guileful
- knavish
- crafty
- dodgy
- tricky
- slick
- foxy
- cagy
Crossword Answer definitions
FOXY adjective- Having the qualities of a fox.
- Cunning, sly.
- Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
- (of a person, especially a woman) Reddish-brown haired.
- Using too much of the reddish-brown colours.
- (of wine) Having an animal-like odour.
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 FOXY
More clues leading to the result CRAFTY
More clues leading to the result CAGY
More clues leading to the result ARCH
- St. Louis sight
- Eyebrow shape
- Foot part
- St. Louis gateway
- St. Louis landmark
- Eero Saarinen's Gateway __
- Podiatrist's concern
- Gateway structure
- Cunning
- Curved entryway
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 CAGEY
- Cautious, as a reply
- Shrewd
- Cautious
- Evasive
- Hardly open
- Cleverly guarded
- Sly
- Cautiously shrewd
- Somewhat shrewd
- Wary: Slang.
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 CUNNING
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 SHIFTY
- Like one hard to trust
- Sly
- Marked by deceit
- Devious
- Not to be trusted
- Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.
- Tricky.
- Evasive.
- Evasive
- Furtive
More clues leading to the result CRAZYLIKEAFOX
More clues leading to the result FELINE
- Siamese, e.g.
- Like a leopard
- Stealthy
- Catty?
- Leopard or lynx
- Jaguar, for one
- Like Lewis' Aslan
- One may be in your lap
- Catlike
- Lion or tiger
More clues leading to the result GUILEFUL
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 TREATY
- Agreement after a 14-Across
- Kyoto ___
- Pact
- Formal agreement
- Peace-talks objective
- Formal end to hostilities
- Accord
- Ghent document of 1814
- Trade agreement
- Negotiations result, often
More clues leading to the result UNDERHAND
More clues leading to the result FOXLIKE
More clues leading to the result STEALTHY
- Like a thief in the night
- Furtive
- K G
- Like a preying lion
- Like a ninja
- Like a sneak thief
- Underhand
- Like ninjas
- Like a cat burglar
- Catfooted