Historical clue formulations

• Less candid, perhaps — 2026-08-27
• More Machiavellian — 2020-09-16
• More underhanded — 2020-08-16
• "The ___ the theft, the sweeter the honey": Edmund Clarence Stedman — 2020-04-10
• More cunning — 2018-10-07
• More foxy — 2018-05-22
• More artful — 2017-10-25
• Better with trickery — 2017-03-24
• Foxier — 2015-08-25
• More artful — 2013-12-14
• Comparatively foxy — 2013-05-26
• More crafty — 2012-12-29
• More crafty — 2011-04-11
• More furtive — 2011-02-20
• More devious — 2009-01-08
• More cunning — 2008-04-29
• More foxy — 2008-03-20
• More roguish — 2007-08-02
• Less straightforward — 2007-05-02
• More furtive — 2006-10-29
• More sharp — 2006-04-22
• More artful — 2005-11-30
• More cunning — 2002-12-08
• Not so naïve — 2000-06-04
• More devious — 1999-01-14
• Comparatively cagey — 1998-01-07
• More cunning — 1996-07-09
• Less straight-forward — 1996-04-21
• More cagey — 1995-03-07
• More cunning — 1994-11-23
• More crafty — 1994-11-07