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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HISSYFIT Is shy, awkward, before proper temper tantrum (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 12, 2022
6% ACTOUT Throw a temper tantrum (6)
5% HISSY FIT Is shy, after misbehaving with proper tantrum (9)
4% FIERY Quick-tempered (5) Commuter Oct 21, 2025
4% PETULANCE Bad temper (9) The Telegraph Quick Oct 20, 2025
4% COYLY In a shy manner (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 14, 2025
4% STAID Prim and proper (5) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
4% LABOURED Awkward (8) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 5, 2025
4% COY Shy (3) LA Times Daily Oct 2, 2025
4% COYER More flirtatiously shy (5) Universal Sep 26, 2025

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