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Sprightly Or Risqu Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RACY which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RACY

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199%4Exact Match!
223%5Sprightly
323%6Sprightly corvid eating nut excitedly

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "RACY" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Full of zest or vigor
  • • Marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  • • Suggestive of sexual impropriety
  • • Designed or suitable for competing in a race
  • adjective
  • • Mildly risqué.
  • • Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
  • • (by extension) exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
  • • Involving a data race or a race condition.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She wore a racy red dress to the party."
  • • "The novel was filled with racy scenes and explicit language."

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New York Times19 Oct 1981 Down 13
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