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Detour Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is AVERT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
verb

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn away or aside

96%7Exact Match!
verb

• To change the route taken by something.

75%11Exact Match!
noun

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

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New York Times23 May 1999 Down 63
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