| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| coy | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| nine | 4 | |
| neat | 4 | |
| trig | 4 | |
| smug | 4 | |
| meat | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| rigid | 5 | |
| staid | 5 | |
| stiff | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| demure | 6 | |
| formal | 6 | |
| SEDATE | 6 | |
| stuffy | 6 | |
| prissy | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| trudeau | 7 | |
| cranium | 7 | |
| precise | 7 | |
| stilted | 7 | |
| prudish | 7 | |
| puritan | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| starched | 8 | |
| priggish | 8 | |
| reserved | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| victorian | 9 | |
| unbending | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| papandreou | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| straitlaced | 11 | |
| punctilious | 11 | |
| puritanical | 11 | |
| coxcombical | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| newhampshire | 12 | |
| stiff-necked | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| sanctimonious | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| self-conscious | 14 | |
| PAUL EDDINGTON | 14 | |