The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHUNTS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Sidetracks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHUNTS | 83 % | 6 |
| AVERTS | 17 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sidetracks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- siding
- depart
- stray
- straggle
- digress
- railroad siding
- diversions
- sidestep
- detours
- tangents
- sidesteps
- distractions
Crossword Answer definitions
SHUNTS 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
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More clues leading to the result SHUNTS
- Bypasses
- Switches
- Turns aside
- Railroad switches
- Surgical bypasses
- Pushes aside
- Sidetracks
- Sidetracks.
- Switches.
- Goes back and forth.