Sticky
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 24 crossword solutions for Sticky which appeared recently in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

We have deemed Sticky as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 24 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "ADHESIVE".

Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 20 Nov 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 12 Jul 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 12 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 17 Feb 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 10 Dec 2018
  • The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 5 Dec 2018

Crossword Answers

4 letters

LIMY

5 letters

HUMID
Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"

GLUEY
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive

GOOEY
Soft and sticky

GUMMY
Covered with adhesive gum

PASTY
(usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers

MUGGY
Hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

TACKY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

SLIMY Mike Smallman
Covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"

6 letters

THORNY
Bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"

CLAMMY
Unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"

STEAMY
Hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

VISCID
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive

7 letters

VISCOUS
Having a relatively high resistance to flow

AWKWARD
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

8 letters

ADHESIVE
A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

TOUGHISH

9 letters

DIFFICULT
Hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

GLUTINOUS
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive

10 letters

UNENVIABLE
So undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety"

OPPRESSIVE
Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

11 letters

COMPLICATED
Difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

12 letters

EMBARRASSING
Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

MUCILAGINOUS
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive

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