Slips away from
The crossword clue "Slips away from" is answered by ELUDES, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. 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 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Baffles. - used 9 times, most recently in 1984
- Gives the slip - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Wears away - ERODES, used 114 times
- Get away - ESCAPE, used 66 times
- Wore away - ERODED, used 64 times
- Right away - ATONCE, used 56 times
- Worn away - ERODED, used 44 times
- Wear away - ABRADE, used 40 times
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