Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe featured in New York Times puzzle on December 14, 2025. 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 SHY.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHY Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe (3) New York Times Dec 14, 2025
53% UNEAGER Reluctant (7) Premier Sunday Dec 14, 2025
53% LOATH Reluctant (to) (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 6, 2025
50% NAILEDIT "Crushed that!" (8) The Atlantic Nov 7, 2025
50% LOTH Reluctant (4) The Telegraph Quick Oct 15, 2025
48% ALLI "That's ___ ask" (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 29, 2025
48% POWDER Crush (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
46% MALINGERER Shirker, one reluctant to go after degree (10) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 26, 2025
46% GRIND Crush to a powder (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 14, 2025
46% WELOST "They crushed us!" (6) Universal Nov 13, 2025

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