My darling is only occasionally shy or needy (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue My darling is only occasionally shy or needy (5) last seen in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HONEY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HONEY My darling is only occasionally shy or needy (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Jul 26, 2025
5% RON Darling of the Mets (3) Wall Street Journal Jan 14, 2026
5% TIMID Shy (5) Premier Sunday Jan 11, 2026
5% MEEK Shy and gentle (4) New York Times Mini Dec 13, 2025
5% RECLUSIVE Shy (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 18, 2025
4% ALSO "Not only that..." (4) Newsday Jan 18, 2026
4% IWISH "If only!" (5) New York Times Jan 18, 2026
4% SOLE Only (4) LA Times Daily Jan 17, 2026
4% UNSAID Only thought (6) Newsday Jan 17, 2026
4% DEAR It's expensive, darling (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Jan 14, 2026

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