Historical clue formulations

• Demure — 2026-01-17
• Not forward — 2024-03-02
• Affectedly shy — 2023-05-28
• Artfully evasive — 2022-10-11
• "You don't need to be ___, Roy" (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) — 2021-12-27
• Demure — 2021-12-05
• Reluctant to give details — 2020-04-03
• Less than forthcoming — 2020-01-28
• Playing hard to get, say — 2018-10-30
• Coquettishly playful — 2018-03-05
• Hardly fresh — 2018-01-19
• Not as shy as one might think — 2017-02-18
• Playfully obtuse, maybe — 2016-12-28
• Evasive — 2016-11-27
• Kittenish — 2016-10-22
• Like the comment "Maybe, maybe not" — 2015-12-13
• Giving evasive answers — 2015-12-06
• Unforthcoming — 2014-11-23
• Playfully shy — 2014-05-19
• Like a coquette — 2013-09-15
• Coquettish — 2013-08-27
• Hardly forward — 2012-10-20
• Playfully shy — 2011-10-11
• Far from forward — 2011-08-27
• Coquettish — 2007-10-02
• Opposite of brazen — 2006-06-09
• Overmodest — 2005-07-13
• Playing hard to get — 2005-03-16
• Coquettish — 2003-10-28
• Shy — 1999-07-27
• Playing hard to get — 1999-02-04
• Not exactly outgoing — 1998-08-22
• Not forthright — 1998-05-16
• Shy, but maybe not? — 1997-06-12
• Playfully noncommittal — 1995-12-31
• Artfully shy — 1995-04-10
• Reserved — 1994-07-02
• Holding back, in a way — 1994-04-03
• Not 100% open — 1994-02-18