Cunning
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ART
The creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

SLY
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"

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WILY
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"

CAGY
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

FOXY
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"

ARCH
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

WILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

CUTE
Obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

WILY

5 letters

DODGY
Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

SLICK
A trowel used to make a surface slick

CRAFT
The skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

WILES

GUILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

CAGEY
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

GUILE

6 letters

SNEAKY
Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

SUBTLE
Able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"

SHREWD
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

ASTUTE
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

ARTFUL
Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

CLEVER
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

CRAFTY
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"

TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

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KNAVISH
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"

KNOWING
A clear and certain mental apprehension

DEVIOUS
Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

TRICKSY
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"

STEALTH
Avoiding detection by moving carefully

SLYNESS
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

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ARTIFICE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

SCHEMING
Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

GUILEFUL
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"

FOXINESS
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

WILINESS
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

TRICKERY
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

9 letters

INGENIOUS
Showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

SLYASAFOX

INGENUITY
The power of creative imagination

10 letters

SNEAKINESS
A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

CRAFTINESS
The quality of being crafty

11 letters

DEVIOUSNESS
The quality of being deceitful and underhanded

13 letters

WEETHOUGHTOUT

WELLCONTRIVED

SURREPTITIOUS
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"

STATESMANLIKE
Marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman; "a man of statesmanlike judgment"; "a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities"-V.L.Parrington

MACHIAVELLIAN
A follower of Machiavelli's principles

MACHIAVELLIAN
A follower of Machiavelli's principles

MACHIAVELLIAN
A follower of Machiavelli's principles

INVENTIVENESS
The power of creative imagination

INVENTIVENESS
The power of creative imagination

INSIDIOUSNESS
Subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)

INSIDIOUSNESS
Subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)

INGENIOUSNESS
The power of creative imagination

FAITHLESSNESS
Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous

DOUBLEHEARTED

DOUBLETONGUED

DOUBLEDEALING

DISSIMULATION
The act of deceiving

DEXTEROUSNESS

DECEITFULNESS
The quality of being crafty

CRAFTSMANSHIP
Skill in an occupation or trade

AUTHORITATIVE
Having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

ANIMALCUNNING

AMBIDEXTERITY
The property of being equally skillful with each hand

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WELLCONSIDERED

TECHNICALSKILL

SATANICCUNNING

15 letters

UNDERHANDEDNESS

TREACHEROUSNESS

RESOURCEFULNESS
The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; "a man of great resourcefulness"

FALSEPRINCIPLED

16 letters

TECHNICALMASTERY

PRACTICALABILITY

MACHIAVELLIANISM
The political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government

FALSEHEARTEDNESS

17 letters

DOUBLENESSOFHEART

SURREPTITIOUSNESS

19 letters

TECHNICALBRILLIANCE