Hard to catch
The crossword clue "Hard to catch" is answered by ELUSIVE, a 7-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELUSIVE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELUSIVE answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 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.
- SLIPPERY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELUSIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELUSIVE, most used first.
- Hard to pin down - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Slippery - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Baffling. - used 14 times, most recently in 1984
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.
- Catch in a trap - ENSNARE, used 39 times
- Catch - ENSNARE, used 33 times
- Catch off guard - STARTLE, used 16 times
- Hard rubber - EBONITE, used 15 times
- Gave a hard time - HASSLED, used 12 times
- Tries hard - STRIVES, used 11 times
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