| Submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Not inclined to anger this person, European king |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Mild-tempered maiden: "a mouse!" |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Timid |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Mild-mannered |
Universal |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Mild |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Easily cowed, I'm alarmed by motorway |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Gentle amber elk seen regularly (4) |
|
|
| Submissive |
Commuter |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Gentle |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Like a lamb |
Family Time |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Some seek halves without being aggressive (4) |
|
|
| Blessed inheritors of no fighting tradition (4) |
|
|
| Humble |
Mirror Classic |
01 May 2025 |
| Timid |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Docile (4) |
Puzzler |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Timid |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Submissive male? I'm frightened |
|
|
| Humble, deferential (4) |
|
|
| Submissive Frenchman has cry of horror (4) |
|
|
| Mild and unassuming (4) |
|
|
| Not assertive |
Commuter |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Passive, unassuming |
|
|
| Humbly submissive (4) |
|
|
| Humble patient (4) |
|
|
| Joe -, record producer portrayed by Con O'Neill in 2008 biopic Telstar |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Feb 2025 |
| "Beatitudes" adjective |
|
|
| Matthew 5:5, Blessed are the -, for they shall inherit the earth (4) |
|
|
| Humble and mild |
The Sun Mini |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Humble |
Mirror Classic |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Millions want small ducks (4) |
|
|
| Some suggest they will inherit the Earth (4) |
|
|
| Submissive |
Universal |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Weakly submissive |
The Times Concise |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Overly docile |
Premier Sunday |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Joe ___, pioneering English record producer and songwriter best remembered for the Tornados' 1962 hit Telstar |
|
|
| Submissive male with expression of fear |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Submissive |
The Telegraph Mini |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Hardly aggressive |
|
|
| According to Matthew 5:5, they shall inherit the earth (4) |
|
|
| Humble meerkat dispatches rat (4) |
|
|
| Humble and mild |
Mirror Tea Time |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Submissive, quiet (4) |
|
|
| Rapper ____ Mill |
USA Today Quick |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Joe -, record producer portrayed by Con O'Neill in 2008 biopic Telstar |
Mirror Quiz |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Timid |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Timid |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Shy |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Humble chief magistrate expresses horror |
|
|
| Mouselike |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Spineless |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Timid or shy |
|
|
| Timid (4) |
Puzzler |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Humbly docile |
|
|
| Adjective describing those who will 'inherit the earth' in Matthew's gospel (4) |
|
|
| Mild-mannered, me? Only for three-and-a-half days! (4) |
|
|
| Timid (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 May 2024 |
| That strange manner of mine (4) |
|
|
| Spiritless, tame (4) |
|
|
| Proverbial inheritors of the Earth |
|
|
| Humble |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Humble (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Gentle-natured |
|
|
| According to the Bible, which kind of people will inherit the earth? (4) |
|
|
| Humble, ... %26 mild |
|
|
| Me start being submissive? (4) |
|
|
| Overly compliant |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Timid or sheepish |
|
|
| Hardly headstrong |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Humble and submissive (4) |
|
|
| Joe -, record producer portrayed by Con O'Neill in 2008 biopic Telstar |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Unlikely to speak up |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Far from wild |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2024 |
| I'm me - geeky, even timid (4) |
|
|
| Too compliant |
|
|
| Mild and docile |
|
|
| Far from bold |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Demure |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Submissive Mike - it's a mouse! (4) |
|
|
| Humble (4) |
Puzzler |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Not bold |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Humble, yours truly before English king (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Like those who shall inherit the Earth according to the Bible |
|
|
| The ___ (those who "shall inherit the Earth") |
Universal |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Self-effacing, submissive |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Unassuming |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Timid |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Timid |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Acquiescent |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Far from assertive |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Gentle and slightly submissive (rhymes with "seek") |
|
|
| Timid |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2023 |
| Timid |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Quiet and gentle |
|
|
| Like a lamb |
Family Time |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Timid |
Universal |
09 Mar 2023 |
| Like a pushover |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Timid |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Unassuming |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Timid or shy |
|
|
| Unassuming |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Gentle and docile |
|
|
| Not at all assertive |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Unassuming |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2022 |
| Mild; submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Like one due for an inheritance? |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Like a lamb? |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Unlikely to start a confrontation |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2022 |
| Overly docile (rhymes with "week") |
|
|
| Unassuming |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2022 |
| Mild-mannered |
Family Time |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Timid |
Universal |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Like the eventual inheritors of the earth, in Matthew |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Submissive |
Universal |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Like a metaphorical doormat |
Universal |
06 Nov 2021 |
| Retiring |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Oct 2021 |
| 'Blessed are the ___: for they shall inherit the earth' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Timid male reaction to mouse? |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
Universal |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Gentle, submissive |
The Times Concise |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2021 |
| Submissive |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Timid male reaction to mouse? |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Like a personified doormat |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Demure |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Feb 2021 |
| Not at all assertive |
Universal |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Unassuming |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Unassuming |
The Washington Post |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Gentle and timid |
|
|
| Mousy |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Timid |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Easily imposed on |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Submissive Frenchman has seven days to head off |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Mild; submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Timid |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Like a shrinking violet |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Humble |
Canadiana |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Namesake dismisses NASA as spineless |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Easily dominated |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Easily dominated |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Gentle, timid (rhymes with "week") |
|
|
| Like a pushover |
The New Yorker |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Not bold |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Far from assertive |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2020 |
| Unassertive |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Compliant |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Mild-mannered |
Family Time |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Easily pushed around |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Like a lamb |
Family Time |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Submissive |
Universal |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Gentle, timid |
|
|
| Submissive |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Submissive |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Overly submissive |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2019 |
| Overly submissive |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2019 |
| Submissive maiden: ‘You're scaring me' |
|
|
| Short on courage |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Submissive |
|
|
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| Short on courage |
|
|
| Timid male's reaction to mouse? |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Under yours truly, every king initially submissive |
|
|
| Submissive man evidently embarrassing kids, initially |
|
|
| Mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2018 |
| 'The ___ shall inherit the earth' |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Timid |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Timid |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Timid |
Jonesin |
22 May 2018 |
| Easily pushed around |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2018 |
| -- and mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Feb 2018 |
| Shy or scared |
|
|
| Bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jan 2018 |
| "The ___ shall inherit the earth" |
|
|
| Easily pushed around |
|
|
| Timid |
|
|
| Submissive |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2017 |
| Gentle, timid |
The Guardian Speedy |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Unlikely to assert oneself |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2017 |
| Biddable |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2017 |
| Almost run into front of Kate Humble |
|
|
| Like those blessed with a worldly inheritance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Oct 2017 |
| "... the ___ shall inherit ..." |
Universal |
22 Aug 2017 |
| Hardly assertive |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2017 |
| "Blessed are the ___" (Biblical quote) |
|
|
| Not assertive |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2017 |
| Another word for timid or submissive |
|
|
| Timid man to eke out |
|
|
| Timid male, I'm frightened! |
|
|
| Unrebellious |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Mousy or timid |
Universal |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Easy to walk all over |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Like Clark Kent, but not Superman |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2017 |
| Purported inheritors of the earth |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Timid |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2017 |
| Not assertive |
|
|
| Unrebellious |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| "... the ___ shall inherit ..." |
|
|
| Mousy or timid |
|
|
| Biddable |
|
|
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
|
| Like Clark Kent, but not Superman |
|
|
| Unlikely to assert oneself |
|
|
| Easy to walk all over |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2016 |
| Submissive male with frightened sound |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Nov 2016 |
| Far from bold |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Far from assertive |
Universal |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Docile |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Like doormats |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Unlikely to insist on anything |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Matthew's blessed ones? |
|
|
| Timid |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Like 16-Across |
Family Time |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Forbearing |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Timid |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Very docile |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Timid |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2016 |
| Submissive |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Timorous |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Docile |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2016 |
| They shall inherit the Earth |
Family Time |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Tractable |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Tractable |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Far from assertive |
|
|
| Humble, yours truly before English king |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Docile |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Docile |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Proverbial inheritors |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Modest Frenchman takes head off vegetable |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Nov 2015 |
| Overly compliant |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Easily walked over |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Lacking courage |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2015 |
| Docile |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2015 |
| Timid male's reaction to mouse? |
|
|
| Timid |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2015 |
| Mousy |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Gentle as a lamb |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Nebbishy |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Timid |
|
|
| Lacking courage |
|
|
| Overly compliant |
|
|
| Proverbial inheritors |
|
|
| Easily walked over |
|
|
| Timid |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Nebbishy |
|
|
| Gentle as a lamb |
|
|
| Mousy |
|
|
| Passive in nature |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| Like a mouse beginning to make fearful sound |
|
|
| William gave Kate rank, ultimately they will inherit! |
|
|
| Gentle as a lamb |
|
|
| Deferential |
|
|
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Earth's inheritors? |
|
|
| They shall inherit the earth |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Yielding |
|
|
| Like a doormat |
|
|
| Yielding |
|
|
| Earth's inheritors? |
|
|
| Earth inheritor, per Matthew |
|
|
| Easily intimidated |
|
|
| It is said they will inherit the Earth, with "the" |
|
|
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Like Walter Mitty |
|
|
| Not at all assertive |
|
|
| Like Walter Mitty |
|
|
| Lacking in courage |
|
|
| Lamblike |
|
|
| Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
|
| Hardly pushy |
|
|
| Lamblike |
|
|
| Hardly heroic |
|
|
| Setter and moose, left out among inheritors of the earth? |
|
|
| Unassuming |
|
|
| ". . . the ___ shall inherit the Earth" |
|
|
| "... the ___ shall inherit the earth" |
|
|
| Overly compliant |
|
|
| "The ___ Shall Inherit" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
| Overly compliant |
|
|
| Far from gutsy |
|
|
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
|
| "The ___ shall inherit ..." |
|
|
| Far from fearless |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
|
|
| Far from forward |
|
|
| Easily imposed upon |
|
|
| Easily cowed |
|
|
| Earth's inheritors? |
|
|
| Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
| "... the ___ shall inherit the Earth" |
|
|
| Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
|
| Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
| Far from haughty |
|
|
| Biblical inheritors (with "the") |
|
|
| Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
|
|
| Earth inheritors? |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
|
|
| Overly docile |
|
|
| Pigeon-hearted |
|
|
| Mousy |
|
|
| Lamblike |
|
|
| Subdued |
|
|
| Hardly demanding |
|
|
| Humbly patient |
|
|
| Biblical inheritors |
|
|
| Adjective for Clark Kent |
|
|
| Far from bold |
|
|
| Timid |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Not forward |
|
|
| Wussy |
|
|
| Sheepish |
|
|
| Mild partner |
|
|
| Earth's inheritors |
|
|
| Proverbial heirs |
|
|
| Not forward |
|
|
| Proverbial heirs (with "the") |
|
|
| Hardly warlike |
|
|
| Overly submissive |
|
|
| Earth's heirs? |
|
|
| Earth inheritors? |
|
|
| Inheritors? |
|
|
| Anything but bold |
|
|
| Not very bold |
|
|
| Anything but bold |
|
|
| Earth inheritors |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Timorous |
|
|
| Humble |
|
|
| Wimpish |
|
|
| Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
|
| Yielding |
|
|
| Far from pushy |
|
|
| Subdued |
|
|
| Docile or gentle |
|
|
| Subdued |
|
|
| They shall inherit the Earth |
|
|
| Like a lamb |
|
|
| Assertive's antithesis |
|
|
| Easily imposed on |
|
|
| Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
| Unassuming |
|
|
| Wimpy |
|
|
| Very mild |
|
|
| Like Casper Milquetoast |
|
|
| Humble in spirit |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Not at all bold |
|
|
| Mousy |
|
|
| Clark Kent-like |
|
|
| Pacific |
|
|
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Beatitude heirs, with "the" |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Not bold |
|
|
| Like the earth's inheritors, according to the Bible |
|
|
| Deferential |
|
|
| Mild's partner |
|
|
| Florida congresswoman Carrie |
|
|
| Shrinking |
|
|
| Tame |
|
|
| Proverbial heirs |
|
|
| Like a lamb |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
|
|
| How Dorothy described herself |
|
|
| Lamblike |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Biblical inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
| Hardly demanding |
|
|
| Mild-mannered |
|
|
| Submissive |
|
|
| Earth inheritors |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Unassuming |
|
|
| Proverbial inheritors |
|
|
| Shrinking |
|
|
| Timid |
|
|
| Like an "inherit the earth" type |
|
|
| Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
| Humbly patient |
|
|
| Subservient |
|
|
| Undemanding |
|
|
| Humble |
|
|
| Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
| Docile; gentle |
|
|
| Earth inheritors |
|
|
| Unassuming |
|
|
| Earth's inheritors |
|
|
| Blessed ones |
|
|
| Humble |
|
|
| Far from aggressive |
|
|
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
|
| Far from forceful |
|
|
| Self-effacing |
|
|
| Actor Donald: 1880–1946 |
|
|
| Provincial heirs |
|
|
| Inheritors of the earth |
|
|
| Like Milquetoast |
|
|
| Milquetoastish |
|
|
| Long-suffering |
|
|
| Pacific. |
|
|
| Patient and mild. |
|
|
| Humble. |
|
|
| Unassuming. |
|
|
| Docile. |
|
|
| Slow to anger. |
|
|
| Forbearing. |
|
|
| Long-suffering. |
|
|
| Armed with patience. |
|
|
| Docile |
|
|
| Not inclined to anger. |
|
|
| Inheritors of the earth. |
|
|
| Actor Donald. |
|
|
| Earth inheritors. |
|
|
| Submissive. |
|
|
| Mild of temper. |
|
|
| Earth's passive inheritors. |
|
|
| Gentle. |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|