Shy away from
The crossword clue "Shy away from" is answered by AVOID, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AVOID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVOID answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- STEERCLEAROF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AVOID
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVOID, most used first.
- Steer clear of - used 245 times, most recently in 2026
- Stay away from - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Shun - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
- Sidestep - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Skirt - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Dodge - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Duck - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Eschew - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep away from - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Bypass - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Circumvent - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a wide berth to - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Keep clear of - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Stay clear of - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Give a wide berth - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Get around - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Go around - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Refrain from - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep one's distance from - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Have nothing to do with - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Elude - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Treat like a pariah - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Wear away - ERODE, used 660 times
- Eat away - ERODE, used 162 times
- Eat away at - ERODE, used 122 times
- It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
- Turn away - AVERT, used 104 times
- From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times
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