| Skittish |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2025 |
| Easily frightened (5) |
Mirror Quick |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Chap I would find shy (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Some lad imitated retreating chicken |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Shy |
Universal |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Retiring as Cambridge University rejected papers |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Returned lots of cotton - it's shrinking |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Easily fearful (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Faint of heart |
Newsday |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Make it less bright, on reflection, lacking courage |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Shy, feeble (5) |
|
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| As a mouse? (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Bashful, fearful |
|
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| Man I'd found to be shy (5) |
|
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| Timothy has passport, for example, but is very shy (5) |
|
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| Faint-hearted (5) |
Puzzler |
25 May 2025 |
| Faint-hearted, shy |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 May 2025 |
| Fearful or unassertive |
|
|
| Slow it up, showing fear (5) |
|
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| Shy (5) |
Puzzler |
15 May 2025 |
| As a boy, I had been shy (5) |
|
|
| Easily frightened |
Mirror Quick |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Chap I would find shy |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Apr 2025 |
| During most of occasion I had to be shy (5) |
|
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| Afraid and stupid, it came back (5) |
|
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| Chap I would find shy |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Easily scared |
Mirror Quick |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Shy and not bright - it is backward (5) |
|
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| Shy boy I had followed (5) |
|
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| I'd follow Tim being shy (5) |
|
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| Easily frightened |
Mirror Quick |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Chap I would find shy (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Tiny character I had, like a mouse? (5) |
|
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| Shrinking could make it dim (5) |
|
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| Note: backward, dense and lacking courage (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Shy |
Universal |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Chap I had to make nervous (5) |
|
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| Not pushing it up among the rest (5) |
|
|
| Shy boy meets retiring girl |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Shy Charlie needs wife around |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Fearfully shy (5) |
|
|
| Meek |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Dec 2024 |
| I'd stay with the tiny one but he's so shy (5) |
|
|
| Shy |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Shy |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Shy boy needs identification (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Fearful |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Not being bold, I'd let little Timothy go first (5) |
|
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| Fearful and hesitant, overly cautious |
|
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| Faint-hearted, shy |
Mirror Tea Time |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Far from courageous |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Timorous(5) |
|
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| Shy and fearful |
|
|
| PlusWord No 858 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Nervous, fearful |
The Times Concise |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Lacking in courage or confidence |
Mirror Classic |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Fainthearted |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Mouselike |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Easily frightened or upset (5) |
|
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| A name I had for being shy (5) |
|
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| It turned dark, turning fearful |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Afraid and stupid, it retreated |
|
|
| Fearful Dimity lost her tail and ran back (5) |
|
|
| Like Piglet |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Shy |
Mirror Classic |
14 May 2024 |
| Reserved table in modern Italian diner for starters (5) |
|
|
| Faint-hearted, meek |
|
|
| Cowing easily |
|
|
| Like a mouse |
New York Times |
09 May 2024 |
| Shy and easily frightened |
New York Times Mini |
07 May 2024 |
| I'd be with Tim but I'm bashful |
|
|
| As a boy, I had been bashful (5) |
|
|
| Very shy and fearful |
|
|
| Like a little boy afraid to finish? |
|
|
| Easily scared |
Mirror Quick |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Shy and stupid to object to return |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Apr 2024 |
| A boy I'd followed who wasn't brave (5) |
|
|
| Unlikely to make the first move |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Very shy (5) |
Puzzler |
05 Apr 2024 |
| It has returned between those two points but it's so bashful! |
|
|
| I'd go with Tim but I'm so shy |
|
|
| Retiring from magazine, largely to go on papers? |
|
|
| Faint-hearted chap marginally improved |
|
|
| Faint-hearted, shy |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Mar 2024 |
| In bed I'm itchy, turning scared |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Feb 2024 |
| In bed I'm itchy, turning scared (5) |
|
|
| Almost time I'd say to be faint-hearted (5) |
|
|
| Shy, returning to turn the light down (5) |
|
|
| Not at all courageous |
|
|
| A little skittish |
|
|
| Faint-hearted(5) |
|
|
| Faint-hearted |
Mirror Quick |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Shy and stupid to object to return |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Feb 2024 |
| The little chap I'd scared (5) |
|
|
| Shy boy needs identification (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Easily alarmed (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Nervous |
Mirror Quick |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Shy and stupid to object to return |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Like a mouse |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Faint-hearted, shy |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Dec 2023 |
| I'd stay with Tim but he's so faint-hearted! (5) |
|
|
| Shy and retiring (5) |
|
|
| Fearful and stupid, takes it back (5) |
|
|
| Shy and retiring |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Shy |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Nervous, tense setter's supported by papers |
|
|
| Shy |
Universal |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Faint-hearted? That's some shot I middled |
|
|
| Fearful |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Cautiously fearful |
Universal |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Hardly bold |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2023 |
| Mousy |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Fearful |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Hesitant |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Unlikely to speak first, say |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Shy |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Not bold |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Faint-hearted |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2023 |
| Unassertive |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Shy |
Universal |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Meek |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Meek |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Not bold at all |
|
|
| This writer is one day behind rear of coconut shy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Shy |
Universal |
23 Sep 2022 |
| Time I had to accept I’m retiring |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Lacking temerity |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Lacking in courage |
The Times Concise |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Inclined to fear brief prison sentence one day |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Far from bold |
Universal |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Not outgoing |
|
|
| Shy obscure Italian returned |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Lacking in courage |
The Times Concise |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Shy — unsure |
The Guardian Quick |
27 May 2022 |
| Fearful |
Universal |
26 May 2022 |
| Shy |
Universal |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Shy |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Skittish |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Meek |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Retiring |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Like a wallflower |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Lacking courage |
Universal |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Fearful |
Universal |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Lacking in courage |
The Times Concise |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Lacking courage |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Shy |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Tailless bird outside of innyard in need of pluck |
|
|
| Faint of heart |
Universal |
15 Jul 2021 |
| Easily cowed |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2021 |
| Shy |
Newsday |
23 May 2021 |
| Send back stupid one close to coconut shy |
|
|
| Meek |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Meek |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Meek |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Not bold at all |
|
|
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Shy |
Canadiana |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Not bold |
|
|
| Shy |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Faint-hearted |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Man with credentials retiring |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Not at all brave |
|
|
| Cautious little girl turning up to support little boy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Like a child hiding behind a parent’s leg |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Shy man with ID |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 May 2020 |
| Mousy girl college rejected |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Not so brave and determined |
|
|
| Shy |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Shy |
The Washington Post |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Shy |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Lacking courage |
|
|
| Lacking courage |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2019 |
| It's stupid — both rejected retiring |
|
|
| Hardly outgoing |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Hardly outgoing |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Bashful |
The Washington Post |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Bashful |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Short on courage |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Easily bullied |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Diffident and unintelligent with computer technology having to be set up |
|
|
| Demure |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2019 |
| Fearful and dull, it turned up |
|
|
| Some shot I middled in retiring |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2019 |
| Retiring |
New York Times |
04 May 2019 |
| Hardly courageous |
|
|
| Hardly bold |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Hardly bold |
The Washington Post |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Like a milquetoast |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Fearful |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Unassertive |
Premier Sunday |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Diffident, faint-hearted |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Unlike many successful improv comedians |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Mar 2019 |
| Lacking confidence |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Like Fear, in 'Inside Out,' aptly |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Faint-hearted |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Gutless and stupid: The X-Factor must be sent up! |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Hardly outgoing |
|
|
| Hardly bold |
|
|
| Short on courage |
|
|
| Easily bullied |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Like Clark Kent |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Fainthearted |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Fainthearted |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Fainthearted and not bold |
|
|
| Thick relations coming round for chicken? |
|
|
| Not brave |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Chicken |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Unassertive |
The New Yorker |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Shy and tiny character joined rejected girl |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Lacking in courage |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2018 |
| Shy |
|
|
| Adjective for a mouse |
Universal |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Retiring, turning to do this to a bulb |
|
|
| In short spell, I had easily dominated |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Like Clark Kent |
|
|
| Chicken |
|
|
| Bashful |
The Times Concise |
26 Nov 2017 |
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Lacking courage, I'm one hiding in study regularly |
|
|
| Retiring in order, mainly, to pen note |
|
|
| Chickenhearted |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Shrinking section of government? I'm idealistic! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Nervous, and unclear with it, getting upset |
|
|
| Pusillanimous |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2017 |
| Ill-defined personal appeal backs retiring |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Like Clark Kent's demeanor |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Cotton material, turned and shortened, is shrinking |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Like a shrinking violet |
Universal |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Shrinking |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2017 |
| Faint of heart |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Like Clark Kent's demeanor |
|
|
| Chickenhearted |
|
|
| Pusillanimous |
|
|
| Shrinking |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Skittish |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Far from fearless |
The Washington Post |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Opposite of bold |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Lacking courage |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Hardly outgoing |
Universal |
29 Aug 2016 |
| I had to follow date, mostly being shy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Apr 2016 |
| Bashful |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Withdrawn |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Lily-livered |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Lacking courage |
|
|
| Hardly outgoing |
|
|
| Withdrawn |
|
|
| Indecisive |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Diffident |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Mousy chap a girl's thrown over |
|
|
| Mousy |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2015 |
| Note girl taking a shy |
|
|
| Scared of gloomy infotech in recession |
|
|
| Shy |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Retiring |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Aug 2015 |
| Not bold |
Universal |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Not very bright Italian, retiring, shy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jun 2015 |
| Easily scared |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2015 |
| Easily alarmed |
Family Time |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Tiny lad with idea not half afraid to speak out? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Mousy |
|
|
| Indecisive |
|
|
| Lacking bravery |
|
|
| Easily alarmed |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Like weak stage presence |
|
|
| Not bold |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Like a mouse |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Unassertive |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Clark Kentish |
|
|
| Meek |
|
|
| Easily alarmed |
|
|
| Fearful |
|
|
| Easily scared |
|
|
| Shy song by Angela Moyra? |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Gun-shy |
|
|
| Cautious and fearful |
|
|
| Shrinking |
|
|
| Faint of heart |
|
|
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Apprehensive |
|
|
| Faint of heart |
|
|
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Like a mouse |
|
|
| Like Clark Kent |
|
|
| Far from assertive |
|
|
| Far from assertive |
|
|
| Like a mouse |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Meek |
|
|
| Easily frightened |
|
|
| Far from aggressive |
|
|
| Clark Kent-like |
|
|
| Diffident |
|
|
| Like Piglet |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Skittish |
|
|
| Lacking backbone |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Not bold |
|
|
| Chicken |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Hardly courageous |
|
|
| Not at all brave |
|
|
| Clark Kent-like |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Like wallflowers |
|
|
| Hardly courageous |
|
|
| Not at all brave |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Like a deer |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Apprehensive |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Not made of brass |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Edgy |
|
|
| Chicken-livered |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Lacking backbone |
|
|
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Lacking confidence |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Like a wallflower |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Mousy |
|
|
| Not exactly outgoing |
|
|
| Unlike the life of the party |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Like a nebbish |
|
|
| Clark Kentish |
|
|
| Easily alarmed |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Unassertive |
|
|
| Far from forward |
|
|
| Yellowish |
|
|
| Not assertive |
|
|
| Said of a fraidy cat |
|
|
| Unlikely to mix |
|
|
| Clark Kent-like |
|
|
| Lacking backbone |
|
|
| Meek |
|
|
| Cautious and fearful |
|
|
| Cautious |
|
|
| Unassertive |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Like a milquetoast |
|
|
| Lacking in courage |
|
|
| Like Mr. Milquetoast |
|
|
| Hardly heroic |
|
|
| Intrepid's antithesis |
|
|
| Sheepish |
|
|
| Fainthearted |
|
|
| Not exactly outgoing |
|
|
| Indecisive |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Not bold |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Lily-livered |
|
|
| Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
|
| Like Milquetoast |
|
|
| Like Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins |
|
|
| Unassertive |
|
|
| Faint-hearted |
|
|
| Hesitant |
|
|
| Like Mr. Milquetoast |
|
|
| Mousy |
|
|
| Describing Milquetoast |
|
|
| Fearful |
|
|
| Milquetoasty |
|
|
| Diffident |
|
|
| Kind of soul |
|
|
| Adjective for a mouse |
|
|
| What "Caspar Milquetoast" is. |
|
|
| Lacking self-confidence. |
|
|
| Fainthearted. |
|
|
| Shy. |
|
|
| Hesitant. |
|
|
| Bashful. |
|
|
| Easily daunted. |
|
|
| Mousy. |
|
|
| Unconfident. |
|
|
| Shrinking. |
|
|
| Beth's nature, in "Little Women." |
|
|