Escape clauses
The crossword clue "Escape clauses" is answered by OUTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. 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
OUTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUTS answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. 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.
- LOOPHOLES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OUTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OUTS, most used first.
- Inning enders - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Ins and ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Inning sextet - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitcher's goals - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Excuses - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- On the __ with; not speaking to - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Ballpark figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Double play pair - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Inning count - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Loopholes - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Contract loopholes - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Failed at-bats - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Means of escape - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- There are six in an inning - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-play duo - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Inning's sextet - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Triple play trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Diamond data - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Election losers - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Ins and __ (important details) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- On the ___ (unfriendly) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Escape - FLEE, used 75 times
- Make an escape - FLEE, used 22 times
- Escape route - EXIT, used 18 times
- Escape in a hurry - FLEE, used 12 times
- Castaway's escape vehicle - RAFT, used 11 times
- Escape slowly - SEEP, used 11 times
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