The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CAMERA-SHY
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More clues leading to the result CAMERA-SHY
- Frantic chase with army ducking shots
- Afraid of being shot?
- Appeared impulsively out of line, keeping out of the picture?
- Showed up with spots, ruby-red essentially: unlikely to take a selfie
- Turned up with artist’s attempt, being averse to pictures
- Approached spots at back of infantry, not wanting to be shot
- … cars he may crash, avoiding shots
- Criminal may search, to avoid getting shot
- Gunners having first approached, react fearfully — not wanting to get shot
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "averse to pictures" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case averse to pictures = camera-shy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CAMERA-SHY mean?
CAMERA-SHY adjective- Reluctant to be photographed