Give the slip

The answer

ELUDE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELUDE answer page.

Used 60 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 13 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.

• EVADE (30 uses in xd)
• LOSE (5 uses in xd)
• DODGE (1 uses in xd)
• SHAKEOFF (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELUDE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ELUDE, most used first.

• Dodge - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Give the slip to - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
• Get away from - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip away from - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Steer clear of - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Duck - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
• Slip past - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Baffle. - used 31 times, most recently in 1997
• Shake off - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Avoid - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Sidestep - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Avoid capture by - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Escape - used 24 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Give a speech - ORATE, used 197 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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