Turn aside
The crossword clue "Turn aside" is answered by SHUNT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SHUNT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUNT answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SHUNT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUNT, most used first.
- Railroad switch - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
- Sidetrack - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
- Move aside - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Divert - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Turn away - AVERT, used 104 times
- Turn inside out - EVERT, used 100 times
- Turn aside - AVERT, used 86 times
- Turn topsy-turvy - UPEND, used 60 times
- Turn outward - EVERT, used 53 times
- Turn out to be - ENDUP, used 43 times
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