Clues for the word "EVASIVE"
We've had 38 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 76 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on June 09, 2026.
Definition of evasive
- a. - Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Referring Clues
- Like some military maneuvers
- Hard to pin down
- Shifty
- Slippery
- Not to the point, say
- Hard to nail down
- Anything but straightforward
- Not open
- Deliberately vague
- Slippery as an eel
- Equivocal
- Intended to avoid
- Dodgy
- Difficult to pin down
- Not forthcoming
- Like some press conference answers
- Very hard to capture
- Like users of weasel words
- Equivocating
- Intentionally ambiguous
- Avoiding the issue
- Devious
- Devious setter's after free backing
- Slippery, sinful individual steals credit card back
- Starts to express vexation when setter's vague
- Avoiding the point
- Prevaricating
- Save up - setter's become like a politician
- Elusive
- Slippery vase I've broken
- Shifty sort of action
- Not frank
- Not straightforward
- Like many a politician's answers
- Like someone who answers a question with a question
- Refusing to answer directly
- Hard to follow
- Far from forthcoming
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - June 09, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 01, 2026
- Daily American - December 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 21, 2024
- Daily American - October 26, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 31, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 26, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 13, 2024
- Daily American - December 25, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - December 09, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 13, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 28, 2023
- Your Life Choices - May 18, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - May 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 19, 2023
- Daily American - October 26, 2022
- Your Life Choices - September 23, 2022
- Your Life Choices - January 02, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - December 02, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - November 22, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 12, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - August 20, 2017
- And in 46 more crossword puzzles...