| Stuffy sort |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2026 |
| Easily offended type |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Priggish person |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Stuffy sort |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Quietly insulting Mrs Grundy |
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| Puritan could be quietly offensive |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Extremely proper person |
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| Overly righteous |
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| Stuffy sort |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Puritanical person |
Universal |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Puritan is quietly disrespectful (5) |
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| One with affected modesty |
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| Strait-laced sort |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Person easiy shocked (5) |
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| "We are not amused" type |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Priggish person |
The Sun Mini |
02 Nov 2024 |
| One who's unlikely to enjoy sex comedies |
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| Puritanical type |
Premier Sunday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Extremely modest person (5) |
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| One who is prim (5) |
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| Overly moral person |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Prissy one |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Stuffy type at the outset presuming raunchiness usually damages ethics (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Stuffy type at the outset presuming raunchiness usually damages ethics (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Stuffy type at the outset presuming raunchiness usually damages ethics (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Stuffy type at the outset presuming raunchiness usually damages ethics (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Stuffy sort |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Goody-goody quiet, then insolent (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
12 Aug 2024 |
| First person to be impolite to one morally righteous (5) |
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| One of affected modesty |
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| One affecting extreme modesty |
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| Puritan (5) |
Puzzler |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Puritan, but saucy on the quiet |
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| Person easily shocked (5) |
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| DUPER |
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| Goody two-shoes can be quietly coarse (5) |
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| Gets up looking red like some person of affected modesty (5) |
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| Puritan indiscreet to remove two layers of clothing |
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| Strait-laced sort |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Person who's overly concerned with propriety |
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| One affectedly moral (5) |
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| A priggish person can be quietly uncivil (5) |
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| Soft, ill-mannered one showing priggish modesty (5) |
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| Very modest person |
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| Person unlikely to hang out at a nude beach |
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| Goody-goody quiet, then insolent (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Excessively proper person |
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| Easily shockable sort |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Narrow-minded moraliser |
The Times Concise |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Stuffy sort |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Overly proper person |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Puritanical person |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Hardly a libertine |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Hardly a libertine |
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| Straight-laced type |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2021 |
| . I'm overtly modest but quietly vulgar |
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| Stuffy sort |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Apr 2020 |
| One that is proper, at first painful and insensitive |
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| Puritanical person |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Old-fashioned one |
Universal |
10 Nov 2018 |
| One who's not exactly fast |
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| Moralistic sort |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2018 |
| Victorian in manner |
Universal |
10 May 2018 |
| Old-fashioned one |
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| Moralistic sort |
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| Victorian in manner |
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| Puritanical sort |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Puritanical sort |
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| Goody two shoes |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Early signs of po-faced reactions usually display existence – of one? |
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| Easily shocked person |
The Times Concise |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Overly proper one |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2016 |
| Overly proper person |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Goody-goody |
Universal |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Penny is not civil to killjoy |
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| Goody two shoes |
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| One overly upright |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Prig |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Nov 2015 |
| 'Oooh, you said a swear!' type |
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| Very proper sort |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2015 |
| One overly upright |
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| Very proper sort |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Overly proper person |
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| Goody two-shoes |
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| Victorian, maybe |
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| Nice Nelly |
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| One overly concerned with propriety |
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| Goody two shoes |
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| Excessively proper type |
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| Libertine's opposite |
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| Annoyingly proper one |
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| Excessively proper type |
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| Stuffy sort |
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| Hardly a libertine |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Bluenose |
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| Bluenose |
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| One overly concerned with decorum |
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| Easily shocked sort |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Victorian type |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Bluenose |
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| Puritanical person |
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| Sensitive lover? |
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| Hardly a libertine |
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| Victorian type |
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| Decent sort? |
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| Uptight person |
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| Bluenose |
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| Fuddy-duddy |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Easily offended sort |
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| Excessively proper one |
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| Hardly libertine |
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| Priggish one |
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| Priggish one |
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| Straitlaced sort |
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| Overly proper one |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Goody-two-shoes |
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| Straight-laced finger-wagger |
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| Stuffy sort |
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| Overly proper one |
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| Victorian, stereotypically |
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| Inhibited one |
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| Victorian, maybe |
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| Priggish sort |
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| Easily offended sort |
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| Bluenose |
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| Bluenose |
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| Goody-goody |
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| Overly proper person |
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| Victorian type |
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| Bluenose |
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| Priggish sort |
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| Bluenose |
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| Priggish person |
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| Hardly a libertine |
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| Straitlaced one |
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| Nice Nellie |
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| One overly modest |
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| Propriety mossback |
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| Very proper one |
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| Nice Nelly |
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| Fastidious person |
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| Puritanical one |
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| Nice nelly |
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| Stuffy one |
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| Fussy woman. |
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| Stickler for propriety. |
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| Overly modest one. |
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| Inhibited person. |
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| Overly modest one |
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| Prissy person. |
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| Excessively modest person. |
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| Overly proper person. |
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| Prig. |
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| Bluenose. |
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| Cousin of a bluenose. |
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| Mid-Victorian. |
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