Furtive
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

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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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"

5 letters

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

QUIET
A disposition free from stress or emotion

PRIVY
A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

FALSE
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"

DOGGO
Quietly in concealment; "he lay doggo"

WILLY

CATTY
Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

SNEAK
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

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

SHIFTY
Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

COVERT
A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

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

SLINKY

FELINE
Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

HIDDEN
Designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

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"

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

7 letters

ILLICIT
Contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

LURKING

PRIVATE
Not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"

OBLIQUE
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

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

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"

FURTIVE
Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"

8 letters

TWOFACED

TRICKISH

SLIPPERY
Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

STEALING
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

SNEAKING
Not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion"

SLINKING

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"

SINISTER
On or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"

ONTIPTOE

MYSTICAL
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"

PROWLING

INAMBUSH

INDIRECT
Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

INHIDING
Quietly in concealment; "he lay doggo"

HIDLINGS

BACKDOOR
A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"

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"

COVINOUS

SKULKING
Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"

STEALTHY
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

9 letters

BACKSTAIR
Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"

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

SECRETIVE
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

PUSSYFOOT
To go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

INSIDIOUS
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

DISHONEST
Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

HIDDENOUT

FINAGLING

CHISELING

DECEITFUL
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

COLLUSIVE
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

10 letters

UNDERNEATH
On the lower or downward side; on the underside of; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath"

UNDERCOVER
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"

MYSTERIOUS
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"

INTHEWINGS

FRAUDULENT
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

BACKSTAIRS
A second staircase at the rear of a building

11 letters

CLANDESTINE
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"

UNOBTRUSIVE
Not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial"

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

UNDERGROUND
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

PUSSYFOOTED

TREACHEROUS
Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

CALCULATING
Used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

12 letters

HUGGERMUGGER
Act stealthily or secretively

FALSEHEARTED

13 letters

HOLEANDCORNER

UNTRUSTWORTHY
Not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

UNDERTHETABLE

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"

14 letters

CONSPIRATORIAL
Relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators; "a conspiratorial whisper"; "the discovery of possible conspirative codes"

ABOVEMENTIONED

15 letters

BEHINDTHESCENES

UNDERTHECOUNTER

16 letters

WAITINGCONCEALED