The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EVADE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Sidestep crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADE | 42 % | 5 |
| AVOID | 19 % | 5 |
| ELUDE | 13 % | 5 |
| DODGE | 11 % | 5 |
| AVERT | 7 % | 5 |
| SKIRT | 5 % | 5 |
| SHUN | 1 % | 4 |
| ESCHEW | 1 % | 6 |
| DETOUR | 0 % | 6 |
| HEDGE | 0 % | 5 |
Why may DODGE be the right solution?
The word "dodge" means to avoid or sidestep something, which makes it the correct answer for the clue "sidestep".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sidestep
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- circumvent
- dodge
- evade
- elude
- duck
- put off
- parry
- skirt
- hedge
- fudge
- detour
- by-pass
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADE verb- To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
- To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
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 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 AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
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 DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result AVERT
More clues leading to the result SKIRT
- Dodge (the issue)
- Rocket's section
- Go around
- Dirndl, e.g.
- Tutu, e.g.
- Sidestep
- Get around somehow
- Border
- Maxi or mini
- Outer edge
More clues leading to the result SHUN
- Avoid
- Deliberately avoid
- Keep away from
- Eschew
- Steer clear of
- Scrupulously avoid
- Blackball
- Treat with disdain, in a way
- Give the cold shoulder
- Cold-shoulder
More clues leading to the result ESCHEW
- Shun
- Sidestep
- Avoid
- Steer clear of
- Have nothing to do with
- Spurn
- Refrain from
- Abstain from
- Boycott
- Stay clear of
More clues leading to the result DETOUR
- Arrow word
- Orange road sign word
- Roundabout way
- Alternate route
- Motorist's diversion
- Construction sight
- Roadwork bypass
- Circumvention
- Way around
- Roundabout route