Slipped past
The crossword clue "Slipped past" is answered by ELUDED, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELUDED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELUDED answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 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.
- EASEDBY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELUDED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELUDED, most used first.
- Dodged - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Got away from - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave the slip - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave the slip to - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Managed to avoid - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Past and present - TENSES, used 33 times
- Past, present and future - TENSES, used 33 times
- Past - BEYOND, used 17 times
- Not long past - RECENT, used 14 times
- Way past ripe - ROTTEN, used 13 times
- Past and future - TENSES, used 12 times
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