Changes direction
The crossword clue "Changes direction" is answered by VEERS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VEERS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEERS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 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.
- TURNSACORNER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for VEERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by VEERS, most used first.
- Swerves - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns sharply - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns suddenly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Zigs or zags - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Changes course - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Goes off course - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Shifts - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Changes course suddenly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns abruptly - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Stage direction - ENTER, used 165 times
- Make changes to - ALTER, used 82 times
- Make changes to - AMEND, used 50 times
- Nautical direction - APORT, used 37 times
- Script direction - ENTER, used 33 times
- ___ in the right direction - ASTEP, used 27 times
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