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SHY is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SHY.

189 total results for SHY( score: 50 )

100 results for SHY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 2, 2023	68A	"Don't be ___!"	Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa	Shortz
Fri May 12, 2023	58D	Not forward (3)	Enrique Henestroza Anguiano	Shortz
Mon Mar 27, 2023	1D	Like toddlers when meeting strangers, often	Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart	Shortz
Sat Jul 16, 2022	50A	Short (18)	Kameron Austin Collins	Shortz
Thu Oct 21, 2021	49A	Prone to blushing, say (2)	Michael Lieberman	Shortz
Sun Sep 19, 2021	55A	Owing (2)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Tue Jul 27, 2021	22A	Not having quite enough money	Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson	Shortz
Tue Aug 25, 2020	22A	Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe	Dave Bardolph	Shortz
Mon Aug 10, 2020	18A	Bashful (5)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Tue Jul 7, 2020	59D	Not comfortable with the limelight	Kevin Patterson	Shortz
Sat Jun 13, 2020	30A	Not forward (3)	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Thu Apr 23, 2020	9A	Unlikely to make the first move	Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard	Shortz
Thu Dec 26, 2019	7A	Short (18)	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Wed Sep 4, 2019	69A	Introverted	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Fri May 24, 2019	25A	Short (18)	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Tue Jan 1, 2019	67A	Short of money	Gary Cee	Shortz
Tue Oct 9, 2018	38A	Reticent (3)	Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class	Shortz
Sat Sep 29, 2018	25D	Not forward (3)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Thu Sep 13, 2018	46D	Prone to blushing, say (2)	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Mon Jan 1, 2018	44D	Like a wallflower (7)	Matthew Sewell	Shortz
Thu Jun 1, 2017	56A	Owing (2)	Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller	Shortz
Thu Mar 23, 2017	66A	Short (18)	Sandy Ganzell	Shortz
Wed Dec 7, 2016	21D	Unlikely to ask someone out	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sat Feb 6, 2016	34D	Unlikely to make advances	David Steinberg	Shortz
Fri Dec 11, 2015	58D	Short (18)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Tue Oct 13, 2015	4D	Reticent (3)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Sep 30, 2015	69A	Like a shrinking violet (2)	Freddie Cheng	Shortz
Wed Nov 26, 2014	27A	Not quite enough	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz
Tue Aug 5, 2014	63D	Like a shrinking violet (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Wed Jun 4, 2014	54A	Still owing	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Fri Jan 10, 2014	31A	Leery of being noticed, maybe	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu Dec 19, 2013	51A	Shrinking (2)	George Barany and Michael Shteyman	Shortz
Wed Nov 27, 2013	70A	Short (18)	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Wed Nov 20, 2013	42A	Owing the pot	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Mon Sep 16, 2013	46A	Timid (5)	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Thu Mar 14, 2013	5A	Short (18)	Mike Buckley	Shortz
Fri Dec 7, 2012	46A	Short (18)	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Fri Jan 27, 2012	24A	Draw back	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Dec 26, 2011	65D	Reticent (3)	Gary Cee	Shortz
Mon Nov 29, 2010	25D	"Once bitten, twice ___"	Elizabeth A. Long	Shortz
Mon Aug 30, 2010	18D	Reluctant to meet people, say	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Tue May 4, 2010	30A	Bashful (5)	Doug Peterson	Shortz
Wed Mar 31, 2010	36D	Short (18)	Chuck Deodene	Shortz
Fri Mar 12, 2010	22A	Slow to mix, say	Tim Croce	Shortz
Mon Feb 22, 2010	13D	Wallflower-ish (2)	Steve Dobis	Shortz
Sat Jan 9, 2010	6D	Lacking (4)	Chuck Deodene	Shortz
Thu Dec 17, 2009	67A	Withdrawn (2)	Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Wed Oct 28, 2009	36D	Short (18)	Mike Torch	Shortz
Tue Jul 7, 2009	23A	Like a wallflower (7)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Mon May 4, 2009	61D	Not camera-ready? (2)	Mark Milhet	Shortz
Thu Feb 7, 2008	30D	Short (18)	Kenneth J. Berniker	Shortz
Sat Aug 11, 2007	45A	Unlikely to break the ice	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz
Sun Apr 8, 2007	83A	Not camera-ready? (2)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue Jan 9, 2007	30D	Hardly gregarious	Ed Early	Shortz
Tue Nov 7, 2006	9D	Timid (5)	Bruce P. Douglas	Shortz
Thu Dec 22, 2005	19A	Unlikely to raise one's hand in class	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Dec 4, 2005	94D	Short (18)	Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper	Shortz
Sat Nov 12, 2005	42A	Short (18)	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz
Sun Jul 31, 2005	27A	Like shrinking violets	Mark Feldman	Shortz
Mon Jun 13, 2005	52A	Bashful (5)	Earl W. Reed	Shortz
Sun Nov 28, 2004	35A	Not likely to pose nude	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Jun 11, 2004	49A	Shrink	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Wed Mar 3, 2004	30A	Like a wallflower (7)	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Mon Dec 29, 2003	35D	Like a wallflower (7)	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Thu Nov 27, 2003	62D	See 61-Down	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Aug 17, 2003	97A	Hardly likely to streak	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Aug 10, 2003	92A	Short (18)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Sun Apr 27, 2003	79A	Withdrawn (2)	Jon Delfin	Shortz
Wed Jan 1, 2003	36D	Short (18)	Ed Early	Shortz
Mon Aug 19, 2002	4D	Timid (5)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Tue Jan 1, 2002	27D	Wallflowerish (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Wed Dec 5, 2001	31A	BASHFUL (5)	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Thu Nov 1, 2001	27D	Retiring (3)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Sep 9, 2001	27D	Lacking (4)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Thu Apr 26, 2001	46A	Short (18)	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Wed Apr 11, 2001	40A	Not making eye contact, say	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue Aug 10, 1999	43D	Diffident (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Jun 7, 1999	6D	Not bold	Robert O. Dillman	Shortz
Sat May 29, 1999	47A	Short of	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Nov 16, 1998	6D	Like a wallflower (7)	Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank	Shortz
Wed Mar 12, 1997	67A	Like a wallflower (7)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Wed Mar 5, 1997	64D	Short (18)	Michael S. Maurer	Shortz
Sat Sep 21, 1996	48A	Retiring (3)	R. H. Burns	Shortz
Tue Sep 3, 1996	63D	Timid (5)	Andrew Goldstein	Shortz
Wed Jun 26, 1996	13D	Deficient	P. Jordan	Shortz
Thu Mar 21, 1996	23A	Backward	H. Estes	Shortz
Sun Feb 18, 1996	40D	Short (18)	Norma Steinberg	Shortz
Sat Aug 19, 1995	33D	Retiring (3)	Bryant White	Shortz
Sun Jul 16, 1995	99D	Timid (5)	Naomi Geller Lipsky	Shortz
Wed May 24, 1995	5A	Lacking (4)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Wed Apr 26, 1995	42D	Less than forward	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Wed Mar 1, 1995	61D	Shrinking (2)	Lois Sidway	Shortz
Mon Jan 23, 1995	51A	Hardly bold	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz
Wed Dec 14, 1994	47D	Lacking (4)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Wed Dec 7, 1994	46A	Diffident (2)	Chet Currier	Shortz
Tue Oct 18, 1994	52D	Bashful (5)	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Mon Sep 19, 1994	35D	Not outgoing	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Fri Mar 4, 1994	28D	Skittish	Betty Jorgensen	Shortz
Mon Jan 31, 1994	24A	Reserved	Janet R. Bender	Shortz
Wed Jan 5, 1994	9D	Like a wallflower (7)	Chet Currier	Shortz

4 results for SHY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 2, 2010	Diagramless	19A	Withdrawn	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Aug 5, 2001	Diagramless	15D	Not outgoing	Frank Longo	Shortz
Nov 26, 2000	Diagramless	74A	Short	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Oct 19, 1997	Diagramless	56A	Word with gun or camera	Fred Piscop	Shortz

85 results for SHY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 11, 1993	24D	Self-effacing	Joy L. Wouk	Taub
Mon Nov 2, 1992	42A	Timid	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Mon May 4, 1992	13D	Bashful; timid	Michael S. Maurer	Maleska
Thu Jan 9, 1992	5D	Short	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Mon Jul 29, 1991	5D	Flinch	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Sat Oct 13, 1990	19A	Wanting	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Tue Oct 2, 1990	4D	Owing the pot	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Jul 2, 1990	41A	Recoil	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Mon May 7, 1990	69A	Timid	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Sat Apr 28, 1990	16D	Timid	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Thu Apr 26, 1990	64D	Bashful	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Sun Feb 5, 1989	118D	Retiring	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Thu May 19, 1988	35D	Retiring	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Mon Dec 30, 1985	59D	Bashful	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sat Feb 23, 1985	28A	Lacking	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Sun Jan 6, 1985	102D	Diffident	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Mon May 21, 1984	51A	Short, as in a poker game	Norman S. Wizer	Maleska
Sun Oct 9, 1983	1A	Short of	Louis Baron	Maleska
Fri Mar 18, 1983	23A	Skittish	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Dec 24, 1982	39D	Wary	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Tue Jul 6, 1982	47A	Lacking	Dorothy Elliott	Maleska
Sun Mar 21, 1982	68D	Reticent	Henry Hook	Maleska
Sun Aug 5, 1979	71A	Shrink	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Mon Jan 22, 1979	55A	Extremely self-conscious	Samuel K. Fliegner	Maleska
Thu Apr 13, 1978	43A	Bashful	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Jan 23, 1978	56D	Bashful	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Sat Oct 22, 1977	56D	Owing the pot	Adelyn Lewis	Maleska
Fri Sep 9, 1977	60D	Skittish	Henry Hook	Maleska
Mon Aug 1, 1977	57D	Reserved	Teresa Healy	Maleska
Fri Jan 21, 1977	40D	Short of	F. Coates	Weng
Tue Oct 5, 1976	28D	Draw back	Reginald L. Johnson	Weng
Wed Jun 23, 1976	35D	Bashful	Esther Blum	Weng
Wed Jun 16, 1976	30D	Short of	Dennis Listort	Weng
Fri Nov 28, 1975	32A	Deficient	Tap Osborn	Weng
Mon Nov 24, 1975	33A	Rear up	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Tue Aug 26, 1975	33D	Recoil	John Prytz	Weng
Sun May 5, 1974	29A	Reserved	Louis C. Mandes Jr.	Weng
Tue Mar 12, 1974	55D	Distrustful	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Thu Apr 26, 1973	13D	Bashful	Unknown	Weng
Fri Apr 20, 1973	35D	Draw back	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 11, 1972	53D	Diffident	Unknown	Weng
Sat Apr 22, 1972	44A	Lacking	Unknown	Weng
Wed Aug 11, 1971	64D	Draw back	Unknown	Weng
Sat Mar 13, 1971	39A	Distrustful	Unknown	Weng
Tue Feb 2, 1971	25A	Timid	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jul 23, 1970	27A	Recoil	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 9, 1970	55D	Diffident	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jan 28, 1970	41D	Retiring	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 23, 1969	111D	Short of	W. W.	Weng
Mon Jul 15, 1968	4D	Timid.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 22, 1968	59D	Lacking: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 29, 1967	63D	Retiring.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 4, 1966	59D	Fling.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 6, 1966	41D	Diffident.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 13, 1965	33A	Wary.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Wed Mar 24, 1965	71A	Diffident.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 16, 1965	58D	Skittish.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 8, 1963	21D	Diffident.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sat Oct 6, 1962	10D	Distrustful.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1962	14D	Wary.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sat Jan 27, 1962	32D	Bashful.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 23, 1962	51A	Diffident.	Michael Dubin	Farrar
Thu Nov 30, 1961	52A	Diffident.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 6, 1960	30A	Throw.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 11, 1960	10D	Timid as a fawn.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 18, 1959	40D	Fling.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 7, 1958	119D	Lacking.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sat Aug 16, 1958	52D	Lacking.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 22, 1958	46A	Timid.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1958	48A	Not outgoing.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Feb 2, 1958	63D	Retiring.	Charles E. Gersch	Farrar
Sun Oct 13, 1957	106D	Reluctant.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Wed Oct 17, 1956	43A	Retiring.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Oct 3, 1956	7D	Start.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Mon Apr 9, 1956	48A	Shrinking.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Wed Oct 20, 1954	8D	Retiring.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Wed Sep 23, 1953	32D	Throw sidewise with a jerk.	Dorothy Smith	Farrar
Mon Nov 3, 1952	55D	Like a violet.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 2, 1952	66D	Recoil.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 3, 1952	108D	Throw something.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Oct 30, 1951	27D	Diffident.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Mar 3, 1951	10D	Retiring.	Robert Hegler	Farrar
Mon Jan 15, 1951	44A	Timid.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Dec 25, 1949	37A	Creepmousy.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Oct 1, 1944	92D	Unobtrusive.	Agnes Cook	Farrar

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