Marry on the run

The answer

ELOPE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELOPE answer page.

Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELOPE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ELOPE, most used first.

• Take the honey and run - used 71 times, most recently in 2024
• Run off to wed - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Wed on the run - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Wed in secret - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Wed in haste - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Skip the ceremony - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Marry in haste - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Abscond - used 33 times, most recently in 1997
• Run off - used 33 times, most recently in 2016
• Split to unite - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Wed secretly - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Marry secretly - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Take flight to unite - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Run away. - used 23 times, most recently in 2003
• Run off to marry - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip away. - used 22 times, most recently in 2004

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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