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Is Shy Crossword Clue

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verb

• be obliged to pay or repay

• be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

• be in debt

31%6 Fight shy of English for "shy"
adjective satellite

• affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

31%5 Boundary? Then I'll be shy, be shy
noun

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

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