Sly bird, tense, having timid exterior Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STEALTHY Sly bird, tense, having timid exterior (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 3, 2020
5% SNIPE Bird to be sly verbally (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Mar 18, 2026
5% OUTER Exterior (5) Newsday Mar 18, 2026
5% INSECRET On the sly (8) LA Times Daily Mar 6, 2026
5% SHY Timid (3) USA Today Mar 3, 2026
5% OUTSIDE Exterior (7) (7) Mirror Quick Feb 13, 2026
5% CRAFTY Sly (6) Wall Street Journal Feb 5, 2026
4% MOUSSE Dessert timid sort swallows slowly at first (6) The Times Cryptic Mar 25, 2026
4% FOX Sly critter (3) Universal Mar 24, 2026
4% TRASH Refuse to be tense and reckless (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Mar 22, 2026

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