Steer clear of

The answer

ELUDE

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

Used 38 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 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.

• AVOID (245 uses in xd)
• EVADE (98 uses in xd)
• SHUN (47 uses in xd)
• DODGE (13 uses in xd)
• ESCHEW (10 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
• 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
• Shake off - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• 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

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.

• Steer clear of - AVOID, used 245 times
• Steer clear of - EVADE, used 98 times
• Clear sky - ETHER, used 90 times
• Clear - ERASE, used 81 times
• Clear the board - ERASE, used 80 times
• Clear the slate - ERASE, used 61 times

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