The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EVADING which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2008.
Sidestepping crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADING | 40 % | 7 |
| EVASION | 40 % | 7 |
| EVASIVE | 20 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sidestepping
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- avoiding
- bypassing
- circumventing
- deposing
- evading
- fudging
- ousting
- shirking
- dodging
- dodged
- avoidance
- evasion
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADING 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 EVADING
- Sidestepping
- Doublespeak purpose
- Managing to avoid
- Shirking, as taxes
- Staying away from
- Ducking.
- Shunning.
- Circumventing.
- Dodging.
- Equivocator's action
More clues leading to the result EVASION
- Tax no-no
- Tax ___
- Component of a cat and mouse game
- Dodger's specialty
- Noncommittal reply
- Runaround
- Tax crime
- Political tactic
- Dodger's forte
- Taxpayer's crime