For anyone working on “Reserved”, this group of answers has been selected from published puzzles where the same or very close clue phrasing was already resolved using these terms.
Suggested Answers:
- INTROVERTED
- UNASSERTIVE
- SHY
- STAID
- BOOKED
- SETASIDE
- RETICENT
- UNDEMONSTRATIVE
- RETIRING
- WITHDRAWN
- TAKEN
- EARMARKED
- ALOOF
- TIMID
- TACITURN
- SPOKENFOR
- MODEST
- SELFCONTAINED
- DEMURE
- DISTANT
Synonyms and Definitions
INTROVERTED
- Synonyms: introspective, introvert, invaginate, self-examining
SHY
- Synonyms: diffident, timid, unsure
STAID
- Synonyms: sedate
BOOKED
- Synonyms: book, engaged, hold, reserve, set-aside
RETICENT
- Synonyms: restrained, retiring, self-effacing, unemotional, untalkative
RETIRING
- Synonyms: adjourn, bed, crawl in, draw back, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, move back, past, preceding, pull away, pull back, put out, recede, reticent, retire, retreat, sack out, strike out, turn in, unassuming, withdraw
WITHDRAWN
- Synonyms: back away, back out, bow out, call back, call in, crawfish, crawfish out, disengage, draw, draw off, indrawn, pull in ones horns, recall, recluse, reclusive, remove, seclude, sequester, sequestrate, swallow, take, take away, take back, take out, unsay
TAKEN
- Synonyms: accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim, ask, assume, bring, call for, carry, choose, claim, conduct, consider, consume, contain, contract, convey, deal, demand, direct, drive, engage, exact, fill, film, get, get hold of, guide, have, hire, ingest, interpreted, involve, lead, learn, lease, look at, make, necessitate, need, occupy, pack, pick out, postulate, read, rent, require, select, shoot, strike, study, submit, subscribe, subscribe to, take aim, take in, take on, take up, train, use up
EARMARKED
- Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside
ALOOF
- Synonyms: distant, upstage
- Definition: Distant in behavior
TIMID
- Synonyms: cautious, faint, faint-hearted, shy
MODEST
- Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, meek, mild, minor, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale
DEMURE
- Synonyms: coy, overmodest
DISTANT
- Synonyms: aloof, remote, removed
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SHY also appears as an answer in Throw crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 letters.
- SHY also appears as an answer in Like a kindergartner on the first day of school, maybe crossword clue 3 letters.
- SHY also appears as an answer in Sheepish crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 letters.
- STAID also appears as an answer in Serious crossword clue 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- STAID also appears as an answer in Unemotional crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 13 letters.