Shifty character Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Shifty character . 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 SNEAK.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SNEAK Shifty character (5)
28% INSTEAD Detains shifty characters as an alternative (7) (7)
25% SHARPPRACTICE Shifty character is keeping very quiet and cheating (13) The Telegraph Cryptic May 23, 2018
23% FISHYSTORY Dodgy tale about rosy but shifty characters (5,5) (10)
3% KANJI Japanese characters (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 20, 2025
3% ELF Keebler character (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 19, 2025
3% METTLE Character, spirit (6) Puzzler Backwords Nov 18, 2025
3% LOWERCASEI Dotty character? (10) Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 2025
3% ARI "Entourage" character (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 3, 2025
3% NEO "The Matrix" character (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 3, 2025
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