| Not forthcoming | LA Times Daily | 22 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Tight-lipped and on your guard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious and secretive (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious, guarded | The Times Concise | 27 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Guarded head of college with period ending in university (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Wary of being deceived |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly open | New York Times | 24 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Secretive: like composer John? | The Sun Two Speed | 08 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Not forthcoming | The Sun Two Speed | 08 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Secretive | USA Today | 05 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Discreet company in California at county border (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd | LA Times Daily | 03 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Shrewd, wary |  |  | 
          
            | Artfully shy(5) |  |  | 
          
            | Guarded enclosure at the start of the year |  |  | 
          
            | Reserved time in Clonakilty on vacation |  |  | 
          
            | Wary | Puzzler Backwords | 29 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Secretive egret regularly hides in island | The Times Cryptic | 02 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Shrewdly guarded | Universal | 16 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Cautiously shrewd | Universal | 16 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Sly | LA Times Daily | 23 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Frank's opposite number gradually rising through banks in City | The Telegraph Toughie | 14 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Wary | Thomas Joseph | 15 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Secretive, a bit like a 20th-century avant-garde composer? |  |  | 
          
            | Secretive, a bit like a 20th-century avant-garde composer? | The Guardian Cryptic | 03 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Secretive, wary | The Times Concise | 06 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Shrewd | Newsday | 11 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | There's no limit to legitimacy of one who is guarded | Irish Times Crosaire | 05 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Skilled at dodging | New York Times | 27 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Evasive |  |  | 
          
            | Not forthcoming | USA Today | 16 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Less than candid | Newsday | 25 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Tight-lipped | Wall Street Journal | 13 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Not forthcoming | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Enclosure on end of quay is guarded | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | The one that's not open could start to mature like wine, by the start of the year | Irish Times Crosaire | 21 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Kinda guarded, or a homophonic hint to the starred answers | Wall Street Journal | 27 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Tight-lipped |  |  | 
          
            | The one that's not open could start to mature, like wine by the start of the year | Irish Times Crosaire | 11 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Is not Frank Pound going grey at the back? | Irish Times Crosaire | 06 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Not forthcoming | Universal | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Shrewd | The Washington Post | 21 May 2017 | 
          
            | Shrewd | LA Times Daily | 21 May 2017 | 
          
            | Cunning | Newsday | 27 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Not forthcoming |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers | LA Times Daily | 09 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Shrewd | Family Time | 23 May 2016 | 
          
            | Evasive | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Hesitant to commit | Universal | 20 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Keeping things to oneself | The Times Concise | 10 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Shrewd | Universal | 08 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Hesitant to commit |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious, as a reply |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Guarded enclosure with bars at yard |  |  | 
          
            | Wary |  |  | 
          
            | Cleverly guarded |  |  | 
          
            | Sly |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious |  |  | 
          
            | Sly |  |  | 
          
            | Hesitant about committing oneself |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious, as a reply |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Somewhat shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Not forthcoming |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Sly |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly open |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly open |  |  | 
          
            | Cautiously shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Evasive |  |  | 
          
            | Evasive |  |  | 
          
            | Hesitant about committing oneself |  |  | 
          
            | Cunning |  |  | 
          
            | Displaying shrewdness |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Sly |  |  | 
          
            | Cautious |  |  | 
          
            | Not forthcoming |  |  | 
          
            | Shrewd |  |  | 
          
            | Wary |  |  | 
          
            | Not forthright |  |  | 
          
            | Not easily duped |  |  | 
          
            | Artful |  |  | 
          
            | Warily shy |  |  | 
          
            | Warily shy of being deceived. |  |  | 
          
            | Sly: Slang. |  |  | 
          
            | Wary: Slang. |  |  |