Takes an indirect route
The crossword clue "Takes an indirect route" is answered by WENDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
WENDS
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Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WENDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WENDS, most used first.
- Proceeds - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Meanders - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes one's way - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
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- Takes five - RESTS, used 121 times
- Takes ten - RESTS, used 58 times
- Takes it easy - RESTS, used 45 times
- Takes on - HIRES, used 45 times
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