Word "SHREWD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
acting with a specific goal
Synonyms:
calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Synonyms:
astute, sharp
Examples:
he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow

Crossword Clues for SHREWD

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Cunning sharp-tongued woman takes on dunderhead (6)
Clever Kate Minola departs
Clever animal seen by daughter
Astute and calculating
Astute; showing quick natural cleverness (6)
Very clever USA Today 21 Mar 2024
Astute Katherina marries dunderhead (6)
Hard-headed wife interrupts scrap
Keen, astute
Fly Spitfire by day (6)
Astute Kate maybe seen with daughter The Times Quick Cryptic 05 Jan 2024
Sharp-witted little mammal departs (6)
Sharp-witted little mammal departs The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Jan 2024
Clever Commuter 30 Dec 2023
Astute The Times Concise 13 Nov 2023
Astute women stopping scrap The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Oct 2023
Pragmatically wise Universal 09 Oct 2023
Savvy The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2023
Clever and practical Universal 23 Jan 2023
Canny New York Times 19 Jan 2023
Astute The Guardian Quick 02 Dec 2022
Astute The Times Concise 17 Nov 2022
Canny LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2022
Astute The Telegraph Quick 19 Aug 2022
Astute on stage, one tamed daughter
Astute on stage, one tamed daughter The Guardian Cryptic 06 Jun 2022
Clever little rodent died The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Dec 2021
Piece about wife that's foxy
Wily daughter oppressed by aggressive woman
Cunning little animal hid at the back
Crafty little mammal departs The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Apr 2021
Keenly perceptive The Washington Post Sunday 11 Apr 2021
Crafty animal getting last of food
Acute cut protecting wicket The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Feb 2021
Astute The Sun Two Speed 16 Dec 2020
Canny rodent died The Sun Two Speed 16 Dec 2020
Astute The Guardian Speedy 29 Nov 2020
Sagacious Universal 31 Oct 2020
Virago and dragon heading for sage Irish Times Crosaire 27 Oct 2020
Sharp-witted animal close to fold The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Oct 2020
Streetwise rodent died The Sun Two Speed 29 Sep 2020
Astute The Times Concise 02 Sep 2020
Savvy The Washington Post 09 Aug 2020
Savvy LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2020
Exceedingly clever
Knowing Kate has diamonds
Cut up about wife being clever
Quietly drew away, was smart
Astute LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2019
Astute The Washington Post 31 Oct 2019
Canny Universal 08 Oct 2019
Crafty Eugene Sheffer 29 Aug 2019
Crafty daughter followed small animal
Knowing fury, daughter
Wily little long-nosed animal digging primarily
Penetrating end of arrow splits atom
Astute
Canny
Sharp fragment containing tungsten
Astute, savvy Irish Times Simplex 31 Jul 2018
Smart and clever Newsday 17 Jul 2018
Cunning hag and daughter
Tamed Kate with daughter's cunning
Astute The Telegraph Quick 04 Mar 2018
Savvy The Times Concise 14 Jan 2018
Sharp LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2018
Sharp The Washington Post 10 Jan 2018
Sharp
Canny, mean-spirited woman and daughter
Cute piece about wife The Telegraph Toughie 21 Dec 2017
Canny, astute The Times Concise 24 Nov 2017
Crafty: can it work at first, being in debt?
Calculating weight in fragment
Calculating Universal 06 Jun 2016
Sharp New York Times 12 Apr 2016
Calculating
Astute New York Times 20 Nov 2015
Knowing a thing or two animal finally scarpered
Hard-nosed quiet wife invested in claret?
Exceedingly clever USA Today 06 Oct 2015
Cunning The Telegraph Quick 05 Aug 2015
Sharp
Astute
Exceedingly clever
Crafty personnel to mend bridges with head of department
Sharp-witted vixen close to fold
Cunning
Astute
Animal god's tail is sharp
Artful wife wears hardly anything
Calculating
Like skilled negotiators
Calculating
Like skilled negotiators
Sharp as a tack
Astute
Cunning
Cunning
Sharp as a tack
Astute
Clever
Cagey
Street-smart
Cagey
Street-smart
Sharp
Clever
Slick
Clever
Exceedingly clever
Calculating
Well thought-out
Canny
Canny
Astute
Sharp
Wily
Canny
Crafty
Clever
Sagacious
Keen-witted.
Sharp-witted.
Sharp
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