The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HEDGE , but the solution may also be WAFFLE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Equivocate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEDGE | 30 % | 5 |
| LIE | 23 % | 3 |
| HEM | 9 % | 3 |
| EVADE | 9 % | 5 |
| WAFFLEONANISSUE | 5 % | 15 |
| BEGTHEQUESTION | 5 % | 14 |
| SKIRTTHEISSUE | 2 % | 13 |
| HAW | 2 % | 3 |
| PUNT | 2 % | 4 |
| TAPDANCE | 2 % | 8 |
| WAFFLE | 2 % | 6 |
| BEATAROUNDTHEBU | 2 % | 15 |
| STRADDLE | 2 % | 8 |
| MINCEWORDS | 2 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Equivocate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tergiversate
- palter
- prevaricate
- temporize
- equivocations
- obfuscate
- vacillate
- temporise
- dissemble
- concede
- refute
- castigate
Crossword Answer definitions
HEDGE noun- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
- To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- To obstruct or surround.
- To offset the risk associated with.
- To avoid verbal commitment.
- To construct or repair a hedge.
- To reduce one's exposure to risk.
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 HEDGE
- Shrub border
- Natural fence
- Do some landscaping work
- Privet, e.g.
- Skirt the issue
- Border of green
- Clipped border
- Sidestep
- Beat around the bush
- Gardener's alternative to a fence
More clues leading to the result LIE
- "The check is in the mail," often
- Course position
- Fish story
- Flunk a polygraph
- Golfer's consideration
- Make the polygraph go nuts
- Pinocchio's downfall
- Sprawl
- Swear that black is white
- Tell a whopper
More clues leading to the result HEM
- Shorten
- Stitch
- Finished edge
- Haw's partner
- Line of fashion
- Shorten, in a way
- Border on a piece of cloth
- Clothes line
- Designer's bottom line
- End of the A-line?
More clues leading to the result EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result WAFFLEONANISSUE
More clues leading to the result BEGTHEQUESTION
- Exercise poor reasoning, in a way
- Argue fallaciously
- Assume without proof
- Equivocate.
- Assume what's being asked
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
More clues leading to the result HAW
- "Hee-__"
- Hem and __
- Command to a horse
- Hem's partner
- Hee ___
- Turn left
- Word that can mean "hesitate" on its own, but usually partners with "hem"
- "Hee ___"
- Laugh line?
- Turn to the left
More clues leading to the result PUNT
- Fourth-down maneuver
- Fourth-down play
- 4th-down play
- 4th and long play, often
- Flat-bottomed boat
- Fourth-down option
- Football kick
- Last resort for Paterno
- Special-team play
- Give up the pigskin
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 WAFFLE
- Breakfast fare for the non-dieter
- Vacillate
- With 11 Down, hinged kitchen appliance
- Be indecisive
- Breakfast order
- Hem and haw
- Be wishy-washy
- Breakfast item from an iron
- Brunch fare
- Shilly-shally
More clues leading to the result BEATAROUNDTHEBU
More clues leading to the result STRADDLE
- Sit astride
- Favor both sides of (an issue)
- Extend over
- Sit astride (a horse)
- Equivocate
- Fence-sit
- Fence-sitter's position
- Favor both sides of an issue
- Appear to favor both sides of: Colloq.
- Appear to favor both sides: Colloq.