| Like Bashful | 12 |
| Hardly outgoing | 15 |
| Easily frightened | 17 |
| Wallflowerish | 13 |
| Not camera-ready? | 17 |
| Wary of people | 14 |
| Wallflowery | 11 |
| Unlikely to streak | 18 |
| Unlikely to make the first move | 31 |
| Unlikely to break the ice | 25 |
| Uneffusive | 10 |
| Uneasy around strangers | 23 |
| Spotlight-avoiding | 18 |
| Socially self-conscious | 23 |
| Retiring partner? | 17 |
| Reluctant to mingle | 19 |
| Not likely to make the first move | 33 |
| Not a people person | 19 |
| Like wallflowers | 16 |
| Like shrinking violets | 22 |
| Lacking enough money | 20 |
| Introverted | 11 |
| Indebted to the pot, in poker lingo | 35 |
| Averse to first moves, e.g. | 27 |
| Averse to conversing | 20 |
| A little short, as of money | 27 |
| "Once bitten, twice ___" | 34 |
| Wallflower-ish | 14 |
| Unlikely to raise one's hand in class | 41 |
| Unable to pay the full amount | 29 |
| Still owing | 11 |
| Slow to warm up | 15 |
| Slow to mix, say | 16 |
| Shunning the spotlight, maybe | 29 |
| Short, as in a poker game | 25 |
| Short at the poker table | 24 |
| Self-conscious | 14 |
| Reluctant to mix | 16 |
| Reluctant to meet people, say | 29 |
| Pointer Sisters "He's So ___" | 43 |
| Once bitten, twice ___ | 22 |
| Not making eye contact, say | 27 |
| Not likely to pose nude | 23 |
| Not likely to pipe up | 21 |
| Not big on social events, say | 29 |
| Not at all forward | 18 |
| Loath to mingle | 15 |
| Likely to shrink | 16 |
| Like many a wallflower | 22 |
| Less than forward | 17 |
| Leery of being noticed, maybe | 29 |
| Lacking the required funds | 26 |
| Lacking self-confidence | 23 |
| Hesitant to ask that pretty girl to dance, say | 46 |
| Hardly likely to streak | 23 |
| Hardly extroverted | 18 |
| Far from outgoing | 17 |
| Extremely self-conscious | 24 |
| Daphnean | 8 |
| Averse to mingling | 18 |
| Averse to first moves | 21 |
| Acting tongue-tied | 18 |
| A few bucks short | 17 |
| "Too ___" (Kajagoogoo) | 32 |
| ___ away from (avoid) | 21 |
| Shrink back (from) | 18 |
| Boat covers? | 12 |
| Inability to go when others are around | 38 |
| Prenuptial press moniker for the late Princess of Wales | 55 |
| British tabs' moniker for Charles's bride-to-be | 55 |
| Less vocal | 10 |
| Less outgoing (Var.) | 20 |
| Not as forward | 14 |
| More like Bashful | 17 |
| More distrustful | 16 |
| More apt to clam up | 19 |
| Frightened horse, at times | 26 |
| Most timid | 10 |
| Least gregarious | 16 |
| Reserved to the maximum extent | 30 |
| Having the most social anxiety | 30 |
| Furthest from forward | 21 |
| -- away from (avoiding) | 23 |
| ___ away from (timidly avoiding) | 32 |
| Shakespearean usurer | 20 |
| Shakespeare loan shark | 22 |
| Moneylender in "The Merchant of Venice" | 49 |
| Tough creditors | 15 |
| Shakespearean man and others | 28 |
| Cruel creditors | 15 |
| In a bashful manner | 19 |
| In a reserved way | 17 |
| How the demure respond | 22 |
| Without confidence | 18 |
| With timidity | 13 |
| With diffidence | 15 |
| In a timid manner | 17 |
| In a diffident way | 18 |
| How Milquetoasts behave | 23 |
| As an introvert would | 21 |