Clues for the word "ESCAPE"
We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 387 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 06, 2026.
Definition of escape
- v. - To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
- v. - To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
- v. i. - To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
- v. i. - To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
- v. i. - To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
- n. - The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
- n. - That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
- n. - A sally.
- n. - The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
- n. - An apophyge.
- n. - Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
- n. - Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
Referring Clues
- Con's preoccupation
- Pastime
- Break
- Magic act
- Pleasant distraction
- With 34-Across, 1996 action film sequel
- Slip away
- Soap operas or movie thrillers, say
- A tunnel, maybe
- Skip town
- Breakout
- Hobby, e.g.
- Get away
- Divertissement
- Fly the coop
- Go over the wall, maybe
- Fire ___ (emergency steps)
- Romance fiction or horror films, e.g.
- Make one's getaway
- Make like Houdini
- Houdini routine
- It may be narrow
- Houdini feat
- Make a jailbreak
- Avoid capture
- Jailbreak
- Prison break
- Break out
- Prison breakout
- Houdini's expertise
- Run off
- Break loose
- Leak
- Prison break, e.g.
- Romance novel, usually
- Certain artist's forte
- Way out
- Make a getaway
- Break out of captivity
- Avoid finishing a sentence?
- Houdini specialty
- Houdini forte
- Prisoner's plot
- Fire chaser?
- Get away from it all
- Break out of jail
- Type of clause or hatch
- Get away from
- Beach book genre
- "Stalag 17" event
- Feat of magic
- Flea
- Getaway
- Leave that asshole zookeeper behind forever, provided you can find a way into the sewer
- Actual title of the 1979 #1 hit known as "The Piña Colada Song"
- Flee
- Retreat from reality
- Retreat from reality
- Houdini's specialty
- Inmate's dream
- Convict's dream
- Break free
- Make a get away
- Con's plan
- Feat by Houdini
- Run away
- Can plan
- Not finish a sentence?
- Make a gateway
- Break lose
- Prisoner's dream
- Free oneself
- Parole alternative
- "Stalag 17" highlight
- Avoid, as the [circled letters]
- Rarity at Alcatraz
- Magic act segment
- Caribbean vacation, e.g.
- Flee from
- Get free
- Break out of
- One way to get out of prison
- Get free of
- Gain liberty
- Leak out
- Tunnel out, maybe
- Leave jail prematurely
- Barely successful avoidance of calamity
- Word with hatch or room
- Fire ___
- Break free of
- Avoidance
- Sneak away
- Get out of jail
- Smash '81 Journey album
- Elude
- Make a run for it
- Get away to the sun in peace, for a change
- Slip away - leak out
- Get away into space, by the way?
- Get away from the drug scene?
- Get Free French art, 23
- Get away from test centre with carbon copy
- Great Steve McQueen movie - like The Getaway?
- ... and manage to avoid a leakage
- Bolt or lock the cell door to prevent it
- Flight departure
- Issue a speciality of Turner with it missing
- Do a runner
- Bill follows eastern holy man for relaxation
- Duck in flight
- Break loose - flight
- Get out
- Prisoner's preoccupation
- Alcatraz rarity
- Houdini-style demonstration
- Get out of jail free
- Outfox the prison guards
- Evade issue
- Flight in Midwest with Batman accessory
- Egghead organised space flight
- Progenitor of some 6 11 duck
- Flee first east then south to South African province
- Run away in Holmes' cape
- He's first off at cracking pace to avoid capture
- Flight from earth to space for a change
- Copy key before making getaway
- Copy key shortly before breakout
- An outburst from Francesca, perhaps
- Flee European scene
- Get away from edge of fire grate, right away
- Evade
- Con quest
- See 20
- Way to get out of jail
- Slip of the pen?
- The key to a jailbreak?
- Pen pals' plan?
- Bust out of jail
- "Room" or "key" preceder
- Run off, like some splashes on a garment
- Flight
- Goal in some rooms
- "___ (The Pina Colada Song)"
- Standard garment possibly made by prisoners
- Kind of room puzzle
- Get away into space, by the way?
- Avoid
- "___ at Dannemora": Arquette miniseries
- Leave, unofficially, provides a diversion
- ___ room
- Great Steve McQueen movie - like The Getaway?
- Wriggle out of
- Bust out
- Word before room or key
- [aria-label] Circled letter Superman feature
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 14, 2026
- Daily American - April 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 29, 2025
- LA Times - June 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2025
- LA Times - June 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 20, 2025
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