Timid people, covering second part of speech, don't sound right Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MISPRONOUNCE Timid people, covering second part of speech, don't sound right (12) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 8, 2017
82% PHONETIC Pertaining to speech sounds (T, not M) (8) The Times Concise Aug 16, 2025
70% SHY Timid (3) The Telegraph Quick Aug 14, 2025
67% ASAP "Right this second!": Abbr. (4)
67% MEEK Timid (4) Newsday Jul 23, 2025
67% ADVERB Raved hysterically over second part of speech (6) (6)
67% VERB Part of speech (4) Eugene Sheffer Jun 2, 2025
64% TENSE Nervous part of speech (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
64% ACTII Second part of a play (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 30, 2025
64% NOUN Common or proper part of speech (4) The Sun Mini Aug 4, 2025

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