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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ELUDES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ELUDES

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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• escape, either physically or mentally

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

98%5Exact Match!
verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

97%6Exact Match!
verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times01 Jun 2016 Across 34
New York Times24 Jul 2015 Across 45
New York Times25 Oct 1998 Down 42
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