| Commuting nuisance | Wall Street Journal | 09 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Alternate route | Commuter | 27 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Go long way round, hiding in shade to urinate (6) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 30 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Go long way round, hiding in shade to urinate (6) | The Guardian Quick | 30 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Alternative route from Hyde to Urmston |  |  | 
          
            | Bypass back of beyond, slightly dog-legged route on return (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Indirect route | LA Times Daily | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Diversion | The Telegraph Quick | 02 May 2025 | 
          
            | Dreary film involved deviation (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative way: take a - around the roadworks |  |  | 
          
            | Path designated by an arrow |  |  | 
          
            | Plan B route | Premier Sunday | 23 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Way out of the way? | LA Times Daily | 19 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | The result of getting routed differently |  |  | 
          
            | Hollow entertainment in dreary diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | This could result in five hundred taking a different route (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative route goes through centre of Bordeaux in direction of old city |  |  | 
          
            | Circuitous diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion | Mirror Tea Time | 03 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Diversion routed wrongly (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion from planned route (6) | The Guardian Speedy | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | A circuitous route one may take, having toured around (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route | Mirror Classic | 08 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Thatfios routed differently? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Routed around a diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Grim keeping alien in roundabout way (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Routed a longer way round (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion, bypass |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative, usually longer, route (6) |  |  | 
          
            | That's routed differently? (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Slow route |  |  | 
          
            | Note route changed to bypass | Mirror Cryptic | 06 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Deviation | Mirror Quick | 06 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | It may be rude to make a digression (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion setting the man back three quarters of an hour (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Having been routed, had to go a different way (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion | Mirror Tea Time | 10 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Route diversion | Newsday | 21 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Deviation is inflexible with alien insertion | The Telegraph Cryptic | 18 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Revise route after day in roundabout way? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | A way to divert people? |  |  | 
          
            | Toured the long way round |  |  | 
          
            | That's routed differently? (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 08 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Not the direct course of French excursion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative route |  |  | 
          
            | Routed, we went about a different way |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion in gloomy film (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It's rude to create a diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Indirect way (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Route around a construction area, say | LA Times Daily | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | Routed as a diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Indirect course routed all over the place (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Routed another way for this (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Bring up Irish priest belonging to us along scenic route |  |  | 
          
            | Bypass; deviation |  |  | 
          
            | Routed around on a deviation (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Might it be routed differently? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | One can't go straight ahead and make it (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Traffic diversion |  |  | 
          
            | Routed an indirect way (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion of French trip (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route | Commuter | 05 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Diversion routed all over the place (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Disagree with motorway being closed for diversion | The Telegraph Toughie | 28 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Roundabout route | Mirror Classic | 28 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Disagree with motorway being closed for diversion (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Circuitous way |  |  | 
          
            | Routed in a roundabout way as a diversion |  |  | 
          
            | Routed a different way round (6) |  |  | 
          
            | A long, roundabout route taken to avoid something or make a visit (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It wouldn't be on your roadmap to have toured all at sea! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Diversionary route (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Routed in a different way (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It's not taken by one going straight (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Toured about and took a circuitous way |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route | The Times Concise | 21 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Unplanned side trip | USA Today | 30 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Roundabout path | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Roundabout path | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Winding route following diversion primarily | The Guardian Cryptic | 17 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Winding route following diversion primarily |  |  | 
          
            | Commuting hassle | Wall Street Journal | 29 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Redirected route | Thomas Joseph | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Circuitous route to putting alien into gloomy housing | Irish Times Crosaire | 10 May 2022 | 
          
            | Stray off route following directions initially | Irish Times Crosaire | 04 May 2022 | 
          
            | Roundabout route | The Times Concise | 28 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Annoyance for a commuter | Wall Street Journal | 16 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Roundabout route | The Times Concise | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Commuter's route deviation |  |  | 
          
            | Construction site sign | USA Today | 26 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Substitute route | USA Today | 16 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Extremely dire, lengthy journey, not a direct route |  |  | 
          
            | Head to destination by alternative route |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Democrat altered route: circuitous one? | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Go out of your way to be boring about film |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative way travelled | The Sun Two Speed | 31 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Diversion routed incorrectly | The Sun Two Speed | 31 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | In Michelin guides, a two-star restaurant is worth a ____ | The Times Specialist Sunday | 22 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Take a roundabout route |  |  | 
          
            | Duke changed route: circuitous one? | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Roundabout path | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Frustrating road sign | Universal | 12 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Alternative route after start of digging? |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout way | Irish Times Simplex | 24 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | On reflection regretted taking to diversion | The Telegraph Cryptic | 10 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Road construction sign | USA Today | 10 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Change of direction | The Washington Post Sunday | 28 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | It's routed differently (in two ways) | Newsday | 13 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Daughter altering route for longer one? |  |  | 
          
            | Long way to go? | New York Times | 29 May 2019 | 
          
            | Navigational deviation | The Washington Post Sunday | 20 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | A parade may require one | LA Times Daily | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | A parade may require one | The Washington Post | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Road construction sign |  |  | 
          
            | A parade may require one |  |  | 
          
            | Long way to go? |  |  | 
          
            | Road construction sight | LA Times Daily | 07 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Road construction sight | The Washington Post | 07 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Out-of-the-way way | Universal | 17 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | One cannot go straight ahead and make it | The Telegraph Cryptic | 16 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Redirected route | Thomas Joseph | 19 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Edward backed our diversion |  |  | 
          
            | Road construction sight |  |  | 
          
            | Out-of-the-way way |  |  | 
          
            | Diversion routed the wrong way | The Sun Two Speed | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Bypass | The Sun Two Speed | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Routed around bypass |  |  | 
          
            | Traffic workaround | Universal | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Routed (anag.) | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Roundabout way, in traffic | Family Time | 27 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | What gets you routed another way? |  |  | 
          
            | Traffic workaround |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative route after onset of digging? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | . Alien caught in severe deviation |  |  | 
          
            | Deviation | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | It could be due to introduction of roadworks | The Telegraph Cryptic | 18 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Commuter's bane | USA Today | 08 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Routed all over the place, following this? | The Times Cryptic | 04 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Bypass | LA Times Daily | 24 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Roundabout way | Family Time | 28 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Bypass |  |  | 
          
            | Alternate route |  |  | 
          
            | Out-of-the-way way |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout path |  |  | 
          
            | Road sign that may elicit a groan |  |  | 
          
            | Construction sight |  |  | 
          
            | What a parade may necessitate |  |  | 
          
            | Winding way, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Winding way, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Construction sight |  |  | 
          
            | GPS button |  |  | 
          
            | Orange sign |  |  | 
          
            | Sign with an arrow |  |  | 
          
            | Reroute |  |  | 
          
            | Temporary alternate route |  |  | 
          
            | Alternate road |  |  | 
          
            | Alternate road |  |  | 
          
            | Sign near roadwork, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route |  |  | 
          
            | Construction by-product |  |  | 
          
            | Route around the construction area |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route |  |  | 
          
            | Route around the construction area |  |  | 
          
            | Roadwork bypass |  |  | 
          
            | Alternate route |  |  | 
          
            | Route that minimizes delays, usually |  |  | 
          
            | Route that minimizes delays, usually |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout route |  |  | 
          
            | Take the long way home, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Alternate route |  |  | 
          
            | Driver's headache |  |  | 
          
            | Road-repair sign |  |  | 
          
            | Way off the beaten track |  |  | 
          
            | Unplanned side trip |  |  | 
          
            | Unplanned side trip |  |  | 
          
            | Construction sight |  |  | 
          
            | Unexpected turn |  |  | 
          
            | Way around |  |  | 
          
            | Way around |  |  | 
          
            | The long way around? |  |  | 
          
            | It may go around the block |  |  | 
          
            | It's rarely a shortcut |  |  | 
          
            | Conceivably do true scenic route? |  |  | 
          
            | Circumvention |  |  | 
          
            | Motorist's diversion |  |  | 
          
            | Sidestep |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout path |  |  | 
          
            | Commuter's bane |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout way |  |  | 
          
            | Road sign |  |  | 
          
            | Driver's annoyance |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout way |  |  | 
          
            | Trip lengthener |  |  | 
          
            | Londoners call it a diversion |  |  | 
          
            | Bypass |  |  | 
          
            | Reroute |  |  | 
          
            | Road sign we could do without |  |  | 
          
            | Highway sign. |  |  | 
          
            | Motorist's bugaboo |  |  | 
          
            | Unwelcome road sign |  |  | 
          
            | Orange road sign word |  |  | 
          
            | Frustrating road sign. |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout way. |  |  | 
          
            | Roundabout road. |  |  | 
          
            | Motorist's bugaboo. |  |  | 
          
            | Arrow word |  |  | 
          
            | Road sign. |  |  |