Answer to "Detours" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BYPASSES , but the solution may also be REROUTES which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).

Detours crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BYPASSES	25 %	8
REROUTES	25 %	8
DIVERTS	25 %	7
ALTERNATEROUTES	25 %	15

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detours

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• roundabout way
• aberrations
• abuses
• bypasses
• conversions
• departures
• deviations
• divergences
• diversions
• drifts
• excesses
• misappropriations

Crossword Answer definitions

BYPASSES noun

1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area
2. A circumvention
3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
4. An electrical shunt
5. An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

BYPASSES verb

1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures

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 BYPASSES

• Detours.
• Avoids
• Evades
• Gets around
• Goes around

More clues leading to the result REROUTES

• Forwards
• Changes the circuit of.
• Changes an itinerary
• Detours
• Diverts
• Alters an itinerary

More clues leading to the result DIVERTS

• Changes direction
• Amuses
• Detours
• Delights
• Alters the course of
• Entertains.
• Amuses.
• Turns aside or amuses.
• Entertains
• Distracts

More clues leading to the result ALTERNATEROUTES

• Detours
• Ways to avoid traffic jams
• What parades may necessitate