Shrewd
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"

4 letters

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

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

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

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"

KEEN
A funeral lament sung with loud wailing

5 letters

RIPUP
Tear into shreds

SAVVY
The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

SLICK
A trowel used to make a surface slick

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

SMART
Be the source of pain

ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

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

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

6 letters

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"

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

7 letters

POLITIC
Marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

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

8 letters

ALLTHERE

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"

9 letters

CONNIVING
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

SAGACIOUS
Skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"

10 letters

DISCERNING
Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence"

INSIGHTFUL
Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception; "an insightful parent"; "the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives"-R.C.Angell

HARDHEADED
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

11 letters

PENETRATING
Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"

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

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

13 letters

PERSPICACIOUS
Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"