SLYER

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

72 total results for SLYER( score: 50 )

30 results for SLYER from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 16, 2020	13D	More Machiavellian	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Sun Aug 16, 2020	113D	More underhanded	Francis Heaney	Shortz
Fri Apr 10, 2020	47A	"The ___ the theft, the sweeter the honey": Edmund Clarence Stedman	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Oct 7, 2018	41D	More cunning (5)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue May 22, 2018	69A	More foxy (2)	Jeff Stillman	Shortz
Wed Oct 25, 2017	12D	More artful (3)	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Fri Mar 24, 2017	50D	Better with trickery	Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta	Shortz
Tue Aug 25, 2015	25A	Foxier	John E. Bennett	Shortz
Sat Dec 14, 2013	13D	More artful (3)	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Sun May 26, 2013	120A	Comparatively foxy	Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz	Shortz
Sat Dec 29, 2012	38D	More crafty (3)	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Apr 11, 2011	50D	More crafty (3)	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sun Feb 20, 2011	34A	More furtive (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Jan 8, 2009	13D	More devious (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Tue Apr 29, 2008	52A	More cunning (5)	Will Nediger	Shortz
Thu Mar 20, 2008	30D	More foxy (2)	Stephen Edward Anderson	Shortz
Thu Aug 2, 2007	65A	More roguish	Robert Dillman	Shortz
Wed May 2, 2007	33D	Less straightforward (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Oct 29, 2006	31A	More furtive (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Apr 22, 2006	11D	More sharp	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Wed Nov 30, 2005	13D	More artful (3)	Seth A. Abel	Shortz
Sun Dec 8, 2002	51D	More cunning (5)	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Sun Jun 4, 2000	56D	Not so naïve	Martin Schneider	Shortz
Thu Jan 14, 1999	66A	More devious (2)	Rand H. Burns	Shortz
Wed Jan 7, 1998	63A	Comparatively cagey	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Tue Jul 9, 1996	28D	More cunning (5)	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz
Sun Apr 21, 1996	113A	Less straight-forward (2)	M. Gaffney	Shortz
Tue Mar 7, 1995	43A	More cagey	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Wed Nov 23, 1994	29D	More cunning (5)	Susan Smith	Shortz
Mon Nov 7, 1994	71A	More crafty (3)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz

1 result for SLYER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 13, 2002	Cryptic	6D	Comparatively crafty senior maintains chemical solution (5)	Trip Payne	Shortz

41 results for SLYER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 3, 1993	34D	More like Volpone	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Sun Aug 23, 1992	35A	Craftier	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Mon Nov 11, 1991	47D	More guileful	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Sun Aug 13, 1989	7D	Craftier	Nancy W. Atkinson	Maleska
Fri Mar 10, 1989	65A	Foxier	William Baxley	Maleska
Sun Aug 17, 1986	103A	Less naïve	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Thu Aug 23, 1984	40A	Less straightforward	Julian Ochrymowych	Maleska
Fri Jul 15, 1983	28D	More foxy	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Oct 31, 1982	132D	More artful	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Oct 24, 1982	92D	More foxy	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Dec 1, 1981	46A	Less forthright	Hugh McElroy	Maleska
Sun Sep 27, 1981	108A	More crafty	Hume R. Craft	Maleska
Tue Apr 7, 1981	73A	More cunning	John Greenman	Maleska
Sun Mar 9, 1980	133A	More underhanded	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Wed Dec 19, 1979	42A	Sneakier	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Mon Mar 19, 1979	62A	Less forthright	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Nov 20, 1978	40A	Foxier	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Sat Aug 13, 1977	59D	Not so straightforward	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Wed Apr 21, 1976	48D	More underhanded	Jack L. Steinhardt	Weng
Sun Feb 1, 1976	96D	More sneaky	John Vezendy	Weng
Sun Oct 27, 1974	97D	More subtle	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Mon Mar 4, 1974	71A	More clever	Raymond F. Eisner	Weng
Sun Feb 3, 1974	33A	More foxy	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sat Oct 11, 1969	13D	More stealthy.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 5, 1964	22A	More crafty.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 15, 1962	71A	Foxier.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Tue Nov 21, 1961	39D	More foxy.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 20, 1961	46D	More furtive.	Diana R. Sessions	Farrar
Sun Sep 18, 1960	119A	Foxier.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun May 31, 1959	158A	More crafty.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Mon Dec 29, 1958	31D	More furtive.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Tue Sep 24, 1957	45A	More cunning.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Aug 13, 1957	36D	More subtle.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Jul 24, 1955	66D	Craftier.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Mar 20, 1955	24D	More cunning.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu Apr 8, 1954	39A	More like Reynard.	Eugene Maleska	Farrar
Mon Dec 21, 1953	59A	More foxy.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Jun 25, 1953	9D	Foxier.	Natalie Hankemeyer	Farrar
Thu Jan 1, 1953	41A	More like Reynard.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Dec 18, 1951	52A	More artful.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	91D	Foxier.	Lester Keene	Farrar

Anagrams:

SERLY, SLYRE, LYRES

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