The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WINK , but the solution may also be KNOWINGWINK which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Sly signal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WINK | 67 % | 4 |
| KNOWINGWINK | 33 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sly signal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wink
- arch
- asa
- chuckle
- chuckling
- clever
- cunning
- fox
- innuendo
- insinuation
- peep
- peeping
Crossword Answer definitions
WINK noun- An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
- A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
- A brief time; an instant.
- The smallest possible amount.
- A subtle allusion.
- To close one's eyes in sleep.
- To close one's eyes.
- Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
- To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
- To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
- A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
- (Chiefly British) Periwinkle.
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 WINK
- One of forty, perhaps
- ;-)
- [I'm joking]
- Knowing gesture
- Game show host Martindale
- Signal, in a sly way
- Subtle signal
- Sly signal
- Fleeting moment
- Instant