The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ELFISH , but the solution may also be SLY Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Tricksy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELFISH | 33 % | 6 |
| SLY | 22 % | 3 |
| ELFIN | 11 % | 5 |
| ELVISH | 11 % | 6 |
| ELUSIVE | 11 % | 7 |
| SLY Down | 11 % | 38 |
Why may SLY-DOWN be the right solution?
The word "sly" means cunning or deceptive, which is a synonym of "tricksy". Therefore, "sly" is the right solution to the clue "tricksy".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tricksy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- guileful
- cunning
- sly
- wily
- artful
- knavish
- dodgy
- crafty
- tricky
- slick
- foxy
- perfidious
Crossword Answer definitions
ELFISH adjective- Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven.
- Mischievous.
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 ELFISH
- Mischievous
- Like Legolas
- Prone to mischief
- Full of mischief
- Fond of mischief
- Into shenanigans
- Prone to pranks
- Spritely
- Spritelike
- Tricksy.
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 ELFIN
- Impish
- Mischievous
- Leprechaun-like
- Puckish
- Like Santa's helpers
- Sprite-like
- Diminutive
- Like a sprite
- Pixie-like
- Spritelike
More clues leading to the result ELVISH
- "The Lord of the Rings" lingo
- Tolkien language
- Middle-earth tongue
- Quenya and Sindarin are forms of it
- Tricksy.
- Mischievous
- Language of Middle-earth
- Good-naturedly mischievous
- A language spoken in "Lord of the Rings"
- Language group created by Tolkien
More clues leading to the result ELUSIVE
- Difficult to recall
- Hard to pin down
- Slippery
- Difficult to describe
- Hard to get
- Not easily caught
- Continually slipping away
- Just out of reach
- Hard to nail down
- Difficult to find