Being bashful, little company for a soldier(3 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Being bashful, little company for a soldier”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 18th August 2025.
The answer is
C
O
Y
Other clues that solve to COY
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #14 down See some boys being bashful (3) 12th May 2026
- #26 across Shy (3) 27th April 2026
- #12 down Shy (3) 5th February 2026
- #25 down Demure (3) 19th December 2025
- #26 across But not too backward to copy a letter out! (3) 10th November 2025
- #27 across Shy (3) 2nd November 2025
- #32 down Shy (3) 23rd September 2025
- #15 down Copy a letter out, being backward (3) 15th September 2025
- #22 down Being timid, coolly robbed of some dollars (3) 26th August 2025
- #22 down Being bashful, little company for a soldier (3) 18th August 2025
- #32 down Bashful (3) 28th July 2025
- #16 down Shy (3) 12th June 2025
- #9 down Shy (3) 14th April 2025
- #16 down Shy (3) 28th January 2025
- #17 down Modest (3) 1st January 2025
- #18 across Retiring to copy a piece of poetry out (3) 27th November 2024
- #19 down Affectedly shy (3) 15th November 2024
- #19 down Demure (3) 28th June 2024
- #9 down Retiring from a contracted company (3) 27th June 2024
- #15 down Demure (3) 1st February 2024
- #33 down Shy (3) 14th December 2023
- #16 down Shy (3) 31st August 2023
- #26 across But not too backward to copy a letter out? (3) 17th July 2023
- #16 down Shy (3) 5th July 2023
- #24 across Shy (3) 31st January 2023
- #21 down Shy (3) 26th September 2022
- #9 down Shy (3) 23rd August 2022
- #11 down Shy (3) 9th June 2022
- #16 down Shy (3) 23rd May 2022
- #26 across Shy (3) 12th May 2022
- #32 down Shy (3) 26th April 2022
- #14 down See some boys being bashful (3) 1st March 2021
- #26 across Shy (3) 4th February 2021
- #25 down Demure (3) 11th December 2020
- #12 down Shy (3) 7th October 2020
- #24 across Shy (3) 18th August 2020
- #26 across But not too backward to copy a letter out! (3) 28th May 2020
- #27 across Shy (3) 6th April 2020
- #15 down Copy a letter out, being backward (3) 20th February 2020
- #32 down Shy (3) 10th February 2020
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 18th August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down A girl accepts it as friendship (5)
- #2 down Absolute, say (5)
- #3 down Fish in a London well! (4)
- #4 across Roughly treated by a gang with a plot (6)
- #4 down His stinginess upsets me sir! (5)
- #5 down There's nothing in a half bottle to give you a kick (4)
- #6 down Runs without running (6)
- #7 across She wove a hair mat (4,4)
- #8 across Hardly bags to drink (6)
- #9 down Container of something topping (6)
- #10 across Stamp a letter, we understand (5)