| Clue | Length | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| not quite there | 3 letters | shy |
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- Timid
- Lacking
- Throw
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- Retiring
- Not making eye contact, s
- BASHFUL
- Reticent
- Wallflowerish
- Not likely to pose nude
- Shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Unlikely to raise one's h
- Like shrinking violets
- Short of
- Unlikely to break the ice
- Hardly gregarious
- Not camera-ready?
- Withdrawn
- Slow to mix, say
- Reluctant to meet people,
- "Once bitten, twice ......"
- Wallflower-ish
- Hardly likely to streak
- Diffident
- Nervous, timid
- Quiet? Yes, quiet
- Timid throw
- Timid in company
- Diffident, timid
- Hesitant
- Unlikely to ask out one's crush
- Introverted
- Reserved for the cast
- Recoil when you throw something at
- Like wallflowers
- far from gregarious
- Unready to mingle
- Not prone to mingling
- Not much of a company man?
- Bashful, but will have a fling
- Unlikely to make the first move
- react like a startled horse and throw
- Avoiding the spotlight
- Demure
- Easily frightened
- tending to shrink?
- move suddenly, as when startled
- Unassertive
- a quick throw
- Timid and quiet
- Unassuming, reserved
- Not forward
- short, moneywise
- Far from forward
- Chuck seems a bit pushy
- Not comfortable with the limelight
- Sudden start
- Afraid of social situations
- Meek
- Not fond of mixing
- Not very outgoing
- Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe
- Scared of public speaking, perhaps
- Socially timid
- Far from outgoing
- Hardly bold
- Timid and abashed
- Too ... (1983 Kajagoogoo hit song)
- Unproductive, in botany
- Not aggressive at all
- Opposite of bold
- Far from bold
- assertively challenged
- Not liking to be noticed
- Like a shrinking violet
- Timid or reserved
- Unlikely to text first, say
- Not likely to mingle at a party
- "Not making eye contact, say"
- Unlikely to raise one's hand in class
- "Reluctant to meet people, say"
- bashful throw
- Not quite enough
- Still owing
- Leery of being noticed, maybe
- Owing the pot
- Shrinking ......
- Draw back
- Deficient
- Backward
- Less than forward
- Not outgoing
- Skittish
- Self-effacing
- Bashful; timid
- Flinch
- Wanting
- Recoil
- Short, as in a poker game
- Wary
- Extremely self-conscious
- slow to mingle
- Not fond of speaking up
- Start being wary
- Not likely to be the life of the party
- Start suddenly
- Uncomfortable in public, perhaps
- Shunning the spotlight probably
- intimidated by attention
- Opposite of extroverted
- Chuck's a bit pushy!
- He's So ... (Pointer Sisters song)
- Like an introvert
- Timid, like an introvert
- Not likely to initiate small talk
- Opposite of outgoing
- Afraid to have one's fling?
- no-one who is brazen will be cast!
- not super outgoing
- hardly outgoing
- the pitch is reserved
- Reluctant to speak up
- Not extroverted
- Introverted or reserved
- Unlikely to initiate conversation
- throw by appearing reserved?
- Shunning the spotlight maybe
- wallflower-esque
- start in the stable
- He's So ... (Pointer Sisters hit song)
- Socially self-conscious
- Not having quite enough money
- Not coming out
- Inhibited
- Reserved and quiet?
- Unlikely to mingle
- timid act of throwing
- Throw short
- Not likely to say hi first, maybe
- Not ready to mingle?
- Demure but flashy when Alf's gone
- retiring partner?
- Owing
- Like a bashful bride
- Reserved and timid
- Prone to blushing, say
- Bashful or timid
- Timid, not outgoing
- Timid and coy
- Inclined to avoid the spotlight
- Reserved like a wallflower
- Unlikely to break the ice, say
- Timid and prone to blushing
- Not eager to meet new people
- Bashful, like a bride
- Timid, or introverted
- Not very outgoing, as an introvert
- Keep quiet with yen to be diffident
- Timid around others
- Withdrawn, socially
- Unassuming
- Hardly forward
- socially reserved
- Reserved in public
- Not likely to take center stage, say
- Hardly extroverted
- Afraid to speak up perhaps
- Socially challenged
- pitch reserved
- Not a forward person
- Less likely to mingle
- reserved pelt
- Not at all outgoing
- unlikely to pipe up
- Opposite of forward
- A long way from outgoing
- Self-conscious
- Throw backward
- Far from extroverted
- coy, demure
- mousy, fearful
- Quiet Yankee, the retiring type
- Fearful
- Far from forward going
- reluctant to mix or mingle
- Not likely to speak up
- it's reserved for quiet youth leader
- Timid and reserved
- Timid and introverted
- Hiding in the shadows
- bashful served happy yoghurt starters.
- bashful, like a wallflower
- not forthcoming, but found at the fair
- Socially withdrawn
- retiring heads of school helped youths
- Fairground attraction for the timorous
- Too timid for a fling
- Not outgoing in nature
- Modest
- Relatively timid
- bashful or retiring?
- A bit pushy but easily frightened
- retiring at sudden start?
- See 19 Across
- Not forward going?
- Easily scared
- Short of funds
- Timid at the coconut stall
- Nervously timid
- Nervous about talking to new people
- Timid attempt
- boggle at appearing reserved?
- Coy
- blench
- Chary
- Just short (of)
- Start
- "Careful!"
- Retreating
- averse to mingling
- Gun-...... (particularly cautious)
- reserved pitch
- some english youth, timid
- Not likely to mingle
- Still owing, in poker
- Protected by an icy exterior perhaps
- Unlikely to speak first, say
- Sheepish
- Unlikely to mingle at parties
- Yield
- Zigzag
- Withdraw
- Wince
- Quite timid, say
- Weasel
- Having not quite enough money
- "Don't be ......"
- See how you start to throw a coconut
- Reticent, nervous
- A nervous throw?
- To turn up with this is pushy
- Timid around other people
- coconut ---, fairground stall
- Introverted around strangers, say
- reticent to have a fling?
- Mousy
- Pyrrhonic
- about the bush
- Afraid
- Agnostic
- Apprehensive
- ... around the bush
- Arrested
- Averse
- Avert
- Avoid
- back down?
- Backhanded
- Balance
- Balk
- bankrupt in
- bare of
- be startled
- bear off
- beat about
- beat around
- beg the question
- Bereft of
- Bicker
- Bilk
- blink
- boggle
- boggling
- Bowl
- Cagey
- Callow
- Cast
- cast at
- Catapult
- Cautious
- Cavil
- Choplogic
- Chuck
- chuck at
- Chunk
- Circumspect
- Confused
- Conscious
- Cowardly
- Cringe
- Dart
- Dash
- Debate
- Defective
- Deliberate
- demur
- demurring
- denuded of
- Deprived (of)
- destitute of
- Devoid (of)
- Distrustful
- Dodge
- Double
- "Doubtful"
- Doubting ....
- draw aside
- Draw in
- Dubious
- Duck
- Ease off
- edge off
- Elude
- Embryonic
- Empty (of)
- Equivocate
- Eschew
- Evade
- evade the issue
- Fade
- Failing
- Fall back
- Falter
- Faltering
- Fear ......
- Fearing
- Fearsome
- Fence
- fight shy
- fight shy of
- Fire
- fire at
- Fling
- fling at
- Flip
- fly off
- "For want of ...... ..."
- Fork
- forlorn of
- from Missouri
- Gag
- Gee
- ...... glance
- Glance off
- Go off
- Goosy
- Hang back
- hang off
- have qualms
- "Haw!"
- Head off
- Heave
- heave at
- Hedge
- Hem and haw
- Hesitate
- Hesitating
- Hold off
- Hover
- hum and haw
- Hurl
- hurl against
- hurl at
- Hurtle
- hypoplastic
- Immature
- in arrear
- In arrears
- in default
- in default of
- In doubt
- in fear
- In short supply
- In want of
- Inadequate
- Inarticulate
- Incomplete
- Indisposed
- Infant
- Insufficient
- introversive
- Introvert
- Jerk
- Jib
- Jump
- jump a mile
- Jumpy
- Lance
- Launch
- leery
- Let fly
- let fly at
- Loath
- Lob
- make bones about
- Make way for
- "...... missing ..."
- mistrustful
- Mistrusting
- move aside
- mystify
- Needing
- Nervous
- Nitpick
- Obscure
- Out of
- out of pocket
- Palter
- Panic
- Parry
- Part
- Partial
- Pass
- Patchy
- Pause
- Peg
- Pelt
- pick nits
- Pitch
- pitchfork
- Ponder
- Pot
- Prevaricate
- Pull away
- Pull back
- Pull (in)
- Pull out
- Pussyfoot
- Put
- Put off
- Put the shot
- Quail
- qualmish
- Questioning
- Quibble
- rabbity
- reel back
- Reluctant
- Retract
- Retreat
- Scant
- scant of
- Scanty
- Scarce
- Scary
- Scrappy
- Scruple
- Scrupulous
- self distrustful
- Serve
- Shaky
- Shamefaced
- shamefast
- sheer off
- Shift
- shift off
- Shilly-shally
- Shivery
- shove aside
- Shrink back
- Shuffle
- Shun
- Shunt
- shy at
- Shy away
- shy of
- shy off
- Side
- Sidestep
- sideswipe
- Sidetrack
- Sidle