Answer to "Took the long way round" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SKIRTED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1976.

Took the long way round crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SKIRTED	100 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Took the long way round

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

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• siege
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• pole
• spindle
• many
• not
• mast
• flask
• full

Crossword Answer definitions

SKIRTED verb

1. To be on or form the border of.
2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
4. To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).

SKIRTED adjective

1. Bordered
2. Passed around
3. Narrowly missed
4. Evaded

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 SKIRTED

• Evaded, as an issue
• Lay on the edge of
• Sidestepped
• ___ the issue (hemmed and hawed)
• Avoided
• Got around
• By-passed.
• Circumvented
• Took the long way round
• Edged along