ADJECTIVE: "marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
2. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WATCHFULNESS (noun)
1. vigilant attentiveness
2. the process of paying close and continuous attention
ADJECTIVE (adjective)
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
ADJECTIVE (noun)
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns

Hint 3: Anagram

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