For those working on “Suspect”, this answer list comes from crosswords that used the same language and solved it with these entries—making them practical options to try in your puzzle.
Likely Answers:
- SENSE
- SHADY
- MISTRUST
- FISHY
- DOUBT
- SMELL
- SURMISE
- PRESUME
- FEAR
- SMELLARAT
- DODGY
Synonyms and Definitions
SENSE
- Synonyms: common sense, feel, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sensation, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, signified, smell, smell out
- Definition: an overall conscious perception
SHADY
- Synonyms: fishy, fly-by-night, funny, louche, shadowed, shadowy, suspicious, umbrageous
- Definition: (pertaining to businesses and businessmen) lacking principles
MISTRUST
- Synonyms: distrust, distrustfulness, misgiving, suspicion
FISHY
- Synonyms: shady
DOUBT
- Synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, question, uncertainty
SMELL
- Synonyms: aroma, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, odor, odour, olfaction, olfactory modality, olfactory perception, olfactory property, olfactory sensation, reek, scent, sense, sense of smell, smack, smelling, spirit, tone
SURMISE
- Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal
PRESUME
- Synonyms: assume, dare, make bold, take for granted
FEAR
- Synonyms: awe, care, concern, dread, fearfulness, fright, revere, reverence, venerate, veneration
DODGY
- Synonyms: chanceful, chancy, crafty, cunning, dicey, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily