The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EVADES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Sidesteps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADES | 54 % | 6 |
| SKIRTS | 12 % | 6 |
| DODGES | 8 % | 6 |
| AVERTS | 8 % | 6 |
| AVOIDS | 8 % | 6 |
| ZIGS | 4 % | 4 |
| DUCKS | 4 % | 5 |
| ELUDES | 4 % | 6 |
Why may EVADES be the right solution?
The word "sidesteps" is a clue indicating that we are looking for a verb that means to avoid or evade something. The answer "EVADES" fits perfectly as it means to escape or elude something by cleverly avoiding it.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sidesteps
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
- avoids
- begs
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADES 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 EVADES
More clues leading to the result SKIRTS
- Poodles' places, in the '50s
- Hedges
- Bypasses
- Steers clear of
- Evades
- Hoops and hobbles
- Goes around
- Avoids
- Sidesteps
- Blouse partners
More clues leading to the result DODGES
- Avoids
- Ducks
- Artfully avoids
- Evasive maneuvers
- Evades
- Excuses
- Equivocates
- Shifty tricks.
- Moves quickly aside.
- Artifices.
More clues leading to the result AVERTS
- Forestalls
- Staves off
- Turns away
- Wards off
- Heads off at the pass
- Keeps from happening
- Prevents
- Precludes
- Fends off
- Dodges
More clues leading to the result AVOIDS
- Doesn't go into
- Tries not to meet
- Steers clear of
- Dodges
- Abstains from
- Gets around
- Eludes
- Stays away from
- Sidesteps
- Won't go near
More clues leading to the result ZIGS
- Goes this way before that
- Turns quickly
- Some sharp turns
- Makes a sharp turn
- Sidesteps, perhaps
- Sharp changes of direction
- Moves erratically
- Turns sharply
- Turns on a jagged course
- Half an indirect course
More clues leading to the result DUCKS
- Shooting-gallery birds
- Sidesteps
- They wear down
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie, e.g.
- What you can give a bunch of for $20
- Avoids a blow, in a way
- Teals and mallards
- Waterfowl whose young inspired this puzzle's theme
- Stoops suddenly
- Lowers oneself for safety's sake