Clues for the word "DETOUR"
We've had 60 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 90 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on November 22, 2025.
Definition of detour
- n. - A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
Referring Clues
- It may go around the block
- Long way to go?
- Alternate route
- Construction sight
- Roadwork bypass
- Way off the beaten track
- Route around the construction area
- Roundabout route
- Route that minimizes delays, usually
- Road-repair sign
- Construction by-product
- Unexpected turn
- Alternate road
- Sign near roadwork, maybe
- Divagation
- Roadwork rerouting
- Construction site sign
- Temporary alternate route
- Diversion
- Redirected route
- Roundabout path
- Reroute
- Orange sign
- Sign with an arrow
- Road sign that may elicit a groan
- Road sign
- GPS button
- Winding way, maybe
- What a parade may necessitate
- Way around
- Out-of-the-way way
- Unplanned side trip
- Bypass
- Motorist's diversion
- Commuter's bane
- Circuitous route
- Traffic workaround
- Round about way
- Roundabout way
- Roundabout way, in traffic
- The scenic route?
- Deviation
- Toured the long way round
- Circuitous alternative to direct path
- Re-routed diversion ...
- Indirect route
- Long way around, perhaps
- Diversion caused by daughter changing route
- Road construction sight
- A parade may require one
- Navigational deviation
- The result of getting routed differently
- Long way to go?
- Slow route
- It's routed differently (in two ways)
- Road construction sign
- Frustrating road sign
- Substitute route
- Route around a construction area, say
- Way out of the way?
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2025
- LA Times - June 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 10, 2025
- LA Times - February 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2024
- LA Times - May 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 19, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 18, 2023
- USA Today - August 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 07, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 11, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 18, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 09, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2022
- Universal - November 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - October 11, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2017
- Family Time - August 27, 2017
- Mirror Quick - August 09, 2017
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