Gives the slip
The crossword clue "Gives the slip" is answered by ELUDES, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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
ELUDES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELUDES answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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.
- EVASES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELUDES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELUDES, most used first.
- Dodges - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets away from - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Slips away from - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Baffles. - used 9 times, most recently in 1984
- Ducks - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Escapes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Avoids - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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 thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Slip by - ELAPSE, used 82 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
- Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
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