The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHUNT , but the solution may also be SPUR which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in New York Times).
Sidetrack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHUNT | 57 % | 5 |
| DETER | 19 % | 5 |
| DIVERT | 10 % | 6 |
| SPUR | 10 % | 4 |
| TURN | 5 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sidetrack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- digress
- stray
- siding
- straggle
- depart
- railroad siding
- distract
- divert
- deflect
- hijack
- detract
- spur
Crossword Answer definitions
SHUNT noun- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To turn aside or away; to divert.
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 SHUNT
- Switch to a new track
- Railroad switch
- Sidetrack
- Electrical bypass
- Push aside
- Move aside
- Reroute
- Divert
- Surgical bypass tube
- Turn aside
More clues leading to the result DETER
More clues leading to the result DIVERT
- Keep entertained
- Redirect
- Turn aside
- Reroute, as traffic
- Reroute
- Reroute, like a river's course
- Draw off
- Detour
- Amuse
- Sidetrack
More clues leading to the result SPUR
- Climber's need
- Boot attachment
- Tim Duncan, e.g.
- Side track
- Tim Duncan, his whole career
- Ridge
- Motivate
- Tim Duncan, notably
- Egg on
- Boot jangler