This answer set for “Evade” was built by checking what’s worked in other puzzles with similar clues, so each entry comes with some precedent you can use to solve more confidently.
Answer List:
- AVOID
- DODGE
- ESCAPE
- ELUDE
- SIDESTEP
- SHIRK
- HEDGE
- SKIVE
- CIRCUMVENT
- SKIRT
- SHUN
Synonyms and Definitions
AVOID
- Synonyms: annul, avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, invalidate, keep off, nullify, obviate, quash, stave off, void, ward off
DODGE
- Synonyms: circumvent, contrivance, dodging, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, scheme, sidestep, skirt, stratagem
- Definition: a complex or misleading plan designed to trick or avoid
ESCAPE
- Synonyms: break away, break loose, bunk, escape cock, escape valve, escapism, evasion, flight, fly the coop, get away, get by, get off, get out, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, leak, leakage, miss, outflow, relief valve, run, run away, safety valve, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
ELUDE
- Synonyms: bilk, dodge, escape
SHIRK
- Synonyms: fiddle, goldbrick, shrink from
HEDGE
- Synonyms: hedge in, hedgerow, hedging
CIRCUMVENT
- Synonyms: beat, beleaguer, besiege, hem in, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, surround
SKIRT
- Synonyms: annulus, bird, border, chick, dame, doll, environ, ring, wench
SHUN
- Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, eschew, ostracise, ostracize
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- AVOID also appears as an answer in Eschew crossword clue 4 and 5 letters.
- AVOID also appears as an answer in Fend off crossword clue 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- AVOID also appears as an answer in Go around crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 letters.
- DODGE also appears as an answer in Avoid crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters.
- DODGE also appears as an answer in Evasive maneuver crossword clue 3, 5 and 6 letters.