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Caught In Impasse Represented A Failure To Face Reality Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ESCAPISM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ESCAPISM

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noun

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

27%4Impasse
noun

• the area on a billiard table behind the balkline

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

• an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

verb

• refuse to comply

27%4A deadlock or impasse
noun

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

• a group of sheep or goats

• a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

• a pen for sheep

• the act of folding

verb

• bend or lay so that one part covers the other

• incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

• cease to operate or cause to cease operating

• confine in a fold, like sheep

• become folded or folded up

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