Historical clue formulations

• Hardly open — 2024-08-24
• Skilled at dodging — 2020-03-27
• Evasive — 2020-01-15
• Cautious, as a reply — 2010-02-03
• Shrewd — 2009-12-29
• Hesitant about committing oneself — 2006-07-28
• Not forthcoming — 2002-02-20
• Not forthright — 1997-11-16
• Shrewd — 1996-12-02