Furtive Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Furtive featured in New York Times puzzle on February 17, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SLY.

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13 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
SLY Furtive (3) New York Times Feb 17, 2026
STEALTHY Furtive (8) Mirror Tea Time Dec 23, 2024
SNEAKY Furtive (6) New York Times Sep 15, 2023
SURREPTITIOUS Furtive (13) The Telegraph Quick Jun 25, 2020
WEASELLY Furtive (8) Newsday Dec 8, 2018
CLANDESTINE Furtive (11) Wall Street Journal Apr 8, 2016
BACKSTAIR Furtive (9)
SECRET Furtive (6)
SHIFTY Furtive (6)
HANGDOG Furtive (7)

27 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
33% STEALTH Furtiveness (7) New York Times Jul 20, 2025
33% SNEAK Be furtive (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 14, 2024
33% ONTHESLY Furtively (8) Newsday May 19, 2016
33% SNEAKED Was furtive (7) Wall Street Journal Apr 17, 2015
33% OVERT Not furtive (5)
33% SLINK Be furtive (5)
33% SLYLY Furtively. (5)
30% SNEAKS Moves furtively (6) Universal Nov 27, 2025
30% TAIL Furtive follower (4) Newsday Nov 15, 2025
29% STEALINGAGLANCE Peeking furtively (15) Wall Street Journal Jan 30, 2023

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