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Crafty Crossword Clue [Solved]

The Crossword Solver found 2 answers to “Crafty”, 3 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.

Answer 1 : SLY

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily – a 
marked by skill in deception; “cunning men often pass for wise”; “deep political machinations”; “a foxy scheme”; “a slick evasive answer”; “sly as a fox”; “tricky Dick”; “a wily old attorney” 
marked by skill in deception; “cunning men often pass for wise”; “deep political machinations”; “a foxy scheme”; “a slick evasive answer”; “sly as a fox”; “tricky Dick”; “a wily old attorney” 

When you’re sly, you’re crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. Being sly is being deceitful, though not in the worst way.

If you’re good at lying, you’re quite sly: people who are sly are good at pulling one over on other people. Being sly helps you get away with things. If you made a mess in your house but got your parents to blame the dog, that was sly. Being sly means you’re not being honest, but this word has kind of a harmless flavor to it. Someone who killed someone and lied about it would not be described as sly. Slyness has to do with smaller, sneakier, more harmless kinds of lying.

Answer 2 : CUNNING

adjective

Artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.

SYNONYMS

artful, wily, tricky, foxy, sly

EXAMPLES:

‘To demonstrate what he calls Jenkins’s cunning nature, Stepp provided a four-page, handwritten letter Jenkins sent him in April 2017, less than two months after the officer had been arrested.’

‘Graham shared that a cunning avian thief once swiped his car keys, which he later discovered dangling from a dock halfway around the island.’

‘The documentary focuses on the ways cunning lawyers have taken advantage of seniors and other vulnerable people.’

‘It demands the legs of a sprinter, the lungs of a marathoner, and the tactical cunning of a chess grandmaster.’

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