The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELUDE , but the solution may also be TAPDANCE which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in LA Times).
Be evasive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELUDE | 13 % | 5 |
| HEMANDHAW | 13 % | 9 |
| BOBANDWEAVE | 13 % | 11 |
| SHADOWBOX | 13 % | 9 |
| TAPDANCE | 13 % | 8 |
| SKIRTTHEISSUE | 13 % | 13 |
| BEATABOUTTHEBUSH | 13 % | 16 |
| PLAYGAMES | 13 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be evasive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- coy
- shifty
- cagey
- dodgy
- elude
- shadowbox
- shuffling
- sidewise
- slipskin
- sly
- tapdance
- weasel
Crossword Answer definitions
ELUDE verb- To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
- To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
- To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ELUDE
- Escape from
- Give the slip to
- Shake off
- Slip by unnoticed
- Get away from
- Slip by
- Avoid
- Manage to avoid
- Dodge
- Get by
More clues leading to the result HEMANDHAW
More clues leading to the result BOBANDWEAVE
- Boxer's moves
- Avoid punches
- Boxing pair
- Be evasive
- Emulate Muhammad Ali
- Try to avoid getting punched, say
More clues leading to the result SHADOWBOX
- Practice punching
- Fight the imaginary?
- Fight a phantom
- Train for a fight
- Recessed frame
- Pugilist's workout
- Recessed photo frame
- Prepare for the ring
- Spar without a partner
- Train, in a way
More clues leading to the result TAPDANCE
- Gregory Hines specialty
- Emulate Gregory Hines
- Hoof with a heel and a toe?
- Do some fancy footwork
- Bojangle's specialty
- Hoofer's specialty
- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson speciality
- Be evasive
- Cagney does it on stairs in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
- Emulate Bojangles
More clues leading to the result SKIRTTHEISSUE
- Avoid a problem
- Avoid taking a stand
- Duck and dodge
- Equivocate
- Circumvent a point of contention
- Be evasive
- Carefully avoid a topic