Take flight to unite

The answer

ELOPE

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

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 12 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
• Marry on the run - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• 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.

• Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
• Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
• Take it easy - RELAX, used 103 times
• Part of a flight - STAIR, used 78 times

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