Word "ARTFUL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Synonyms:
disingenuous

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Examples:
the artful dodger
an artful choice of metaphors

Crossword Clues for ARTFUL

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Cunning, tricky (6)
& 17A Character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist whose real name is Jack Dawkins (6,6) Mirror Quiz 07 Jul 2025
Clever Eugene Sheffer 05 Jun 2025
Crafty The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 May 2025
Like a Dickensian Dodger
Dickens's ____ Dodger
Clever Eugene Sheffer 15 Mar 2025
- Dodger, Dickens character (6)
Crafty redhead trapped in devious fault (6)
Shrewd enough to catch the redhead in shocking fault (6)
Clever way to correct a fault outright (6)
Cleverly performed USA Today 01 Feb 2025
Cunning, wily Mirror Tea Time 25 Jan 2025
Ultra-feminine, liberal and smart (6)
At heart Bart fully sly (6)
Cunning or tricky (6)
Crafty to fix fault around the end of December (6)
Cunning or skillful (6)
Like Dickens's Jack Dawkins Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2024
Dickens' street urchin in Oliver Twist, the ... Dodger
Crafty fellow after time breaking a limited regulation (6)
Scheming Puzzler Backwords 02 Nov 2024
Cunning way to correct a fault outright (6)
Cunningly produced, like a well-stocked gallery? (6)
Crafty, like a well-stocked gallery? (6)
Like a dodger?
Cunning as a gallery? (6)
Make fault right for Master Dodger (6)
Clever Eugene Sheffer 17 Aug 2024
Ingenious description of gallery? (6) The Guardian Cryptic 17 Aug 2024
Ingenious description of gallery? (6) The Guardian Cryptic 16 Aug 2024
Start fulminating, being somewhat cunning
Sly deceitful
Oliver Twist character, the - - - Dodger
Dickens' ... Dodger
Clever Eugene Sheffer 14 May 2024
Clever enough to seem right, in recalcitrant fault (6)
Unnatural cunning (6)
The ___ Dodger, Dickens character (6)
Sly (6) Puzzler 19 Jan 2024
Ingenious The Guardian Quick 09 Dec 2023
--- Dodger, Oliver Twist's mate (6)
Like a certain Dodger New York Times 02 Nov 2023
Crafty Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2023
Crafty The Times Concise 17 Oct 2023
Cunning LA Times Daily 07 Sep 2023
Clever Premier Sunday 13 Aug 2023
Cunning The Times Concise 09 Jul 2023
Crafty Newsday 19 Jan 2023
Crafty Universal 30 Dec 2022
Clever Eugene Sheffer 13 Dec 2022
Cunningly clever The Times Concise 24 May 2022
Cunning Thomas Joseph 11 Dec 2021
Clever method's nearly complete
Crafty USA Today 18 Jul 2021
Wily Newsday 14 Jun 2021
Drawing energy released by power source can be tricky
Painting class at university in Florida is deceptive in a crafty way Irish Times Crosaire 03 Jul 2020
Giving a false appearance of frankness Irish Times Simplex 30 Jun 2020
Play around with fault covering resistance - that's clever Irish Times Crosaire 22 May 2020
Crafty revolutionary paper cuts a limited order
Fix fault around resistance - that's clever Irish Times Crosaire 18 Oct 2019
Cunning Thomas Joseph 16 Feb 2019
Like Dickens' Dodger LA Times Daily 29 Jul 2018
Like Dickens' Dodger The Washington Post 29 Jul 2018
Cunningly clever The Times Concise 25 Jul 2018
Like master works Universal 12 Jun 2018
Scheming Wall Street Journal 17 Mar 2018
Partially smart, fully sly The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2018
Crafty The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2018
Crafty Newsday 28 Jan 2018
Like Dickens' Dodger
Like master works
Unnatural cunning
Dodger description Universal 25 Aug 2017
Like a literary Dodger Family Time 20 Feb 2017
Dodger description
Clever Eugene Sheffer 23 Nov 2016
Cunning LA Times Daily 14 Jul 2016
Clever The Chronicle of Higher Education 08 Jul 2016
Imaginative LA Times Daily 29 Jun 2016
Crafty Rex admitted to fault – that's unusual
Clever
Imaginative
Cunning
Like Dickens's Jack Dawkins Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2015
First lieutenant loses tennis tie to devious type Irish Times Crosaire 28 Sep 2015
Cunning Universal 09 May 2015
Describes dodger losing melons in small fortune Irish Times Crosaire 28 Apr 2015
Like Dickens's Jack Dawkins
Cunning
Crafty
Cunning
Crafty
Crafty
Crafty
Crafty
"The ___ Dodger"
Wily
Wily
Like Dickens's Dodger
Cunning
Dodger descriptor
Wily
Like a fictional Dodger
Like a memorable Dodger
Crafty
Like a famous dodger
Cunning
Like Dickens' Dodger
Like Dickens's Dodger
Like a literary Dodger
Not straightforward or candid
Sly
Sly
Like Dickens's Dodger
Crafty
Cunning
Like the Dodger in "Oliver!"
Slick
Dodger descriptor
Like a certain Dodger
Dexterous
Like Dickens' dodger
Calculating
Like Jack Dawkins
Disingenuous
Like a literary Dodger
Double-dealing
Tricky
Devious
Clever
Cunning
Like Dickens's dodger
Ways of a certain Dodger.
Crafty.
Ingenious.
Designing.
Clever.
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