One who got away
The crossword clue "One who got away" is answered by ESCAPEE, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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ESCAPEE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESCAPEE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ESCAPEE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESCAPEE, most used first.
- Fugitive - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- One on the run - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Manhunt target - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- One on the lam - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- The one that got away - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Jailbreak participant - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Coop flier - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- One more - ANOTHER, used 46 times
- Do away with - ABOLISH, used 33 times
- Take away - DETRACT, used 26 times
- Breaks away - SECEDES, used 21 times
- Take away (from) - DETRACT, used 18 times
- Cold one - BREWSKI, used 16 times
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