Tricky - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 28/02/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Tricky.

6 letter answer(s) to tricky

ARTFUL
  1. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
  2. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
KNOTTY
  1. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
  2. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
  3. tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
  4. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

5 letter answer(s) to tricky

DODGY
  1. 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"
  2. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
  3. Operating on the edge of illegality. Similar to "shady" in this context.

3 letter answer(s) to tricky

SLY
  1. 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"
  2. Sneaky

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