The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AVOID which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Steer clear of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVOID | 61 % | 5 |
| SHUN | 19 % | 4 |
| EVADE | 13 % | 5 |
| ESCHEW | 3 % | 6 |
| ELUDE | 2 % | 5 |
| DODGE | 1 % | 5 |
| HAVENOTRUCKWITH | 1 % | 15 |
| AVERT | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Steer clear of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- avoid
- evade
- shun
- eschew
- avoidance
- abhor
- forsake
- marilyn
- forsaking
- ort
- stay out
- like
Crossword Answer definitions
AVOID verb- To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
- To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
- To try not to do something or to have something happen
- To make empty; to clear.
- To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
- To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- To emit or throw out; to void.
- To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
- To get rid of.
- To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
- To become void or vacant.
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 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 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 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 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 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