Shake off
The crossword clue "Shake off" is answered by ELUDE, a 5-letter entry. Used 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ELUDE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELUDE answer page.
Used 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 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.
- GETRIDOF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELUDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELUDE, most used first.
- Dodge - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Give the slip to - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
- Get away from - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Give the slip - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
- Slip away from - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Steer clear of - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Duck - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
- Slip past - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Baffle. - used 31 times, most recently in 1997
- Avoid - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Sidestep - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Avoid capture by - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Escape - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
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