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Circumvent Crossword Clue

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Crossword clue last updated: 12/11/2025

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Hint 1: Meaning
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillf...
Hint 2: Synonyms
BEAT, DUCK, EVADE
Hint 3: Best answers
EVADE, ELUDE, SIDESTEP

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Best answers for Circumvent

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All 74 answers for Circumvent

Circumvent with 4 letters (2)

AnswerLetters
BEAT4
DUCK4

Circumvent with 5 letters (10)

AnswerLetters
EVADE5
ELUDE5
BEATS5
DODGE5
DUCKS5
FUDGE5
HEDGE5
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HEM IN5
PARRY5
SKIRT5

Circumvent with 6 letters (16)

AnswerLetters
BEATEN6
DODGED6
DODGES6
DUCKED6
ELUDED6
ELUDES6
EVADED6
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EVADES6
FUDGED6
FUDGES6
HEDGED6
HEDGES6
OUTFOX6
OUTWIT6
PUT OFF6
SKIRTS6

Circumvent with 7 letters (12)

AnswerLetters
BEATING7
BESIEGE7
DODGING7
DUCKING7
ELUDING7
EVADING7
FUDGING7
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HEDGING7
OUTWITS7
PARRIED7
PARRIES7
SKIRTED7

Circumvent with 8 letters (8)

AnswerLetters
SIDESTEP8
BESIEGED8
BESIEGES8
OUTFOXES8
OUTSMART8
PARRYING8
SKIRTING8
SURROUND8

Circumvent with 9 letters (9)

AnswerLetters
GETAROUND9
BELEAGUER9
BESIEGING9
OUTFOXXED9
OUTSMARTS9
OUTWITTED9
OVERREACH9
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SIDESTEPS9
SURROUNDS9

Circumvent with 10 letters (5)

AnswerLetters
BELEAGUERS10
OUTFOXXING10
OUTSMARTED10
OUTWITTING10
SURROUNDED10

Circumvent with 11 letters (7)

AnswerLetters
BELEAGUERED11
CIRCUMVENTS11
OUTSMARTING11
OVERREACHED11
OVERREACHES11
SIDESTEPPED11
SURROUNDING11

Circumvent with 12 letters (4)

AnswerLetters
BELEAGUERING12
CIRCUMVENTED12
OVERREACHING12
SIDESTEPPING12

Circumvent with 13 letters (1)

AnswerLetters
CIRCUMVENTING13

Synonyms for Circumvent

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Avoid50%
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Evade50%
Get around50%
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Give the slip50%
Give the slip to50%
Shake50%
Shake off50%
Skirt50%
Artfully dodge25%
Avoid (capture)25%
Avoid answering25%
Avoid answering Bill if the First Lady’s about25%
Avoid capsizing in English Channel25%
Avoid capture25%
Avoid commercial during day before festival25%
Avoid date in Rome blocking advance?25%
Avoid dealing with25%
Avoid duel, moving east25%
Avoid having nasty pest on team25%
Avoid opening of concert piece, giving piano runs a miss25%
Avoid reactionary English TV channel25%
Avoid swimming despite having sun overhead25%
Avoid uplifting Cameron, among others supported by Elon's capital25%
Avoid woman who was tempted to grab publicity25%
Avoid, as capture25%
Buy everyone beers?25%
Bypass25%
Cameron familiarly brought up European dodge25%
Dance around25%
Dodge - duck25%
Dodge every vulgarity and double entendre, initially25%
Dodge some recalled in depressed avenue25%
Dodge's wings and favoured elevation25%
Dodge, as a question25%
Duck in English Channel going west25%
Duck in English Channel heading north25%
Duck seen in English Channel going wrong way!25%
Duck's bill almost flat on the outside25%
Duck, parrot and budgie, perhaps, back on team25%
Ecstasy, see, when one’s out for a duck25%
Elude25%
Energy shown by man climbing to escape25%
English Channel ebbs — get out of the way25%
English man raised in Dodge25%
English TV channel picked up dodge25%
Escape detection of25%

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What's the best solution for Circumvent?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Circumvent is EVADE. Other possible answers include ELUDE, SIDESTEP, GETAROUND, beat, beaten, beating, beats, beleaguer, among others.

How many solutions are there for Circumvent?

We have found 74 possible answers for the crossword clue Circumvent.

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What is another word for Circumvent?

We list 73 synonyms related to Circumvent. Common alternatives include BEAT, DUCK, BEATS, DODGE.

Which crosswords feature clues like Circumvent?

Clues like Circumvent often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Sun Two Speed, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror, Daily Mail Quick, Daily Mail Mailword, among others.


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