The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNEAK
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More clues leading to the result SNEAK
- Cheat bridge partners, each with king
- He gives things away – but is not admired for it
- Sort of snake in the grass
- Grass snake uncoiled
- Slithery creature, moving earth, finds rat
- Go quietly to spill the beans
- Telltale creep
- Slithering snake and rat
- Three ways a king tails creep
- Cheater Kesey’s holding ace back
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What does SNEAK mean?
SNEAK noun- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- A cheat; a con artist.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
- To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- To take something stealthily without permission.
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
- (with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- In advance; before release to the general public.
- In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.