- SHY
- ___ Guy, Mario villian who always hides his face
- like a wallflower
- Short
- Bashful
- ... twice __.
- Not at all outgoing
- Demure
- Unlikely to mix
- Like some bladders
- Reluctant to 53-Across
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Owing
- Quiet
- Unable to pay the full amount
- Unlikely to make the first move
- Withdrawn
- Not likely to mix
- Not coming out
- Hiding in the shadows
- Chuck
- Self-conscious
- Introverted
- Deficient
- Fling
- Timid
- Like Laura Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie"
- Reserved
- Slow to warm up
- Uneasy around strangers
- Short, in a way
- Uncomfortable around strangers
- Likely to shrink
- Recoil
- Mixing poorly
- Not mixing well
- Not willing to start with someone?
- Like debtors
- Not having anted
- Unwilling to open up
- Bashful, but not Dopey
- Not outgoing
- Too ___ ('83 hit for Kajagoogoo)
- Move away, as in fear
- Far from forward
- Like a shrinking violet
- In debt to the pot
- Shrinking
- Not likely to make the first move
- Owing the pot
- Socially challenged
- Hardly extroverted
- Mousy
- Not forward
- A few bucks short
- Averse to mingling
- Inclined to avoid the spotlight
- ___ away from (avoid)
- Not the life of the party
- Not a people person
- In a shell?
- Unassertive
- Like Bashful
- Not forthcoming
- A little short, as of money
- Short at the poker table
- Unassuming
- Hardly outgoing
- Just short
- Not likely to pipe up
- Uneffusive
- Lacking the required funds
- Shunning the spotlight, maybe
- Like shrinking violets
- Coming up short
- Uncomfortable in singles bars
- Short, moneywise
- Not prone to mingling
- Like one sitting alone at the dance, probably
- Like wallflowers
- Relatively timid
- Unlikely to pipe up
- Not bold
- Prone to shrinking?
- Lacking
- Sudden start
- A little under
- Start back, as a horse
- Less than forward
- Not at all brash
- Unlikely to hobnob
- Lacking self-confidence
- Reluctant to mingle
- Wary of people
- Reluctant to mix
- Far from outgoing
- Loath to mingle
- Easily frightened
- Not at all forward
- Self-effacing
- Spotlight-avoiding
- Easily scared
- Short by
- Short in the pot
- Unlikely to speak up
- Averse to mixing
- Not fond of mingling
- Short (of)
- Wary
- Not fond of mixing
- Reluctant.
- Indebted to the pot, in poker lingo
- Light
- Not brassy
- Acting tongue-tied
- Daphnean
- Reticent
- Unlikely to streak
- See 57-Across
- Unobtrusive.
- Creepmousy.
- Like a violet.
- Throw something.
- Throw sidewise with a jerk.
- Start.
- Throw.
- Timid as a fawn.
- Distrustful.
- Skittish.
- Lacking: Slang.
- Draw back
- Rear up
- Extremely self-conscious
- Shrink
- Short, as in a poker game
- Wanting
- Flinch
- Bashful; timid
- Hardly bold
- Backward
- Not making eye contact, say
- Wallflowerish
- Hardly likely to streak
- See 61-Down
- Not likely to pose nude
- Not having quite enough money
- Unlikely to raise one's hand in class
- Hardly gregarious
- Not camera-ready?
- Unlikely to break the ice
- Once bitten, twice ___
- Reluctant to meet people, say
- Slow to mix, say
- Leery of being noticed, maybe
- Not quite enough
- Still owing
- Unlikely to ask someone out
- Unlikely to make advances
- Prone to blushing, say
- Short of money
- Not comfortable with the limelight
- Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe
- Like toddlers when meeting strangers, often
- Not big on social events, say
- Hesitant to ask that pretty girl to dance, say
- Sheepish
- See 43-Down
- Too ___ (Kajagoogoo)
- Pointer Sisters "He's So ___"
- Socially reticent
- ___ guy (masked Mario baddie)
- In debt
- Intimidated by attention
- Socially reserved
- Far from a social butterfly
- Like one opting not to dance at the fall formal, say
- A little short
- Wallflowery
- Lacking enough money
- Like many a wallflower
- Hardly forward
- Not super outgoing
- Unlikely to initiate conversation
- Unlikely to mingle
- Unlikely to say hi first, say
- Scared of public speaking, perhaps
- Unlikely to thrive in group settings
- Word that surrounds "short of money"
- Opposite of outgoing
- Socially withdrawn
- Camera-___ (reluctant to be photographed)
- Like many a toddler in front of strangers
- Unlike a social butterfly
- Retiring partner?
- Averse to first moves, e.g.
- Socially self-conscious
- Far from a drama queen
- Averse to conversing
- Slow to mingle
- Not likely to mingle
- Unlikely to text first, say
- Unready to mingle
- Not very outgoing
- Like someone unlikely to initiate a conversation
- Start suddenly
- Avoiding the spotlight
- Not much of a company man?
