| Alternative to slacks |
The Washington Post Mini |
20 Apr 2026 |
| Margin; women's garment |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Mar 2026 |
| Mini, e.g. |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Garment that may be wrapped and worn around the waist |
|
|
| *___ around, avoid something carefully, and also something related to an item of clothing |
|
|
| Circumvent (5) |
The Sun Mini |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Tutu, for example |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2026 |
| Part of a school uniform that goes with a blouse |
|
|
| Dirndl, for one |
LA Times Mini |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Circumvent (5) |
Puzzler |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Avoid confronting flipping cheats, caught out |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Nov 2025 |
| Maxi ___ (bottomwear) |
|
|
| Go around |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Dressing on a caterer's table? |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Bottom of many an ensemble |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Kilt's cousin |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Sep 2025 |
| "Short ___/Long Jacket," Cake song that might pop into your head while choosing between a mini and a pencil from the closet |
|
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| Garment that may be wrapped and worn around the waist |
|
|
| Woman's outer garment (5) |
Mirror Classic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Tutu, essentially |
The Atlantic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Go round in tutu? |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Go around the edge of garment (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Female garment |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Go round in some women's clothing |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Sketch encapsulates back of designer garment |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Cut parody about end of Kier (5) |
|
|
| *___ around, avoid something carefully, and also something related to an item of clothing |
|
|
| Go around for the meat (5) |
|
|
| Margin |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| British cut of beef from the flank (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Girl's clothing item (5) |
|
|
| Avoid addressing |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2025 |
| Garment |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 May 2025 |
| Woman's garment |
Mirror Quick |
08 May 2025 |
| Go round street with cocktail |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 May 2025 |
| Avoid drink in street |
|
|
| Word after pleated, peplum, or poodle |
|
|
| Go round to get a garment (5) |
|
|
| Bottom wear that may be midi or mini |
|
|
| Woman's garment |
Mirror Classic |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Item of clothing |
The Telegraph Mini |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Garment occasionally fashioned from grass |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Garment dropped right in the filth ! (5) |
|
|
| Clothing seen in "Grease" |
|
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| ___ around trouble, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
|
|
| Avoid (a tricky issue) |
|
|
| Part of some tennis outfits |
|
|
| Go round upsetting some strikers (5) |
|
|
| Tennis ___, pleated bottomwear that moved from the court into a timeless fashion staple |
|
|
| What is the hanging part around the base of a hovercraft? (5) |
|
|
| Avoid dealing with garment fastened around the waist (5) |
|
|
| Avoid dealing with comedy sketch? About right (5) |
|
|
| Avoid having a royal in the satirical sketch (5) |
|
|
| Woman's garment (5) |
Puzzler |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Edge |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Nov 2024 |
| *___ around, avoid something carefully, and also something related to an item of clothing |
|
|
| Worn hem? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Go round for some clothing |
|
|
| Woman's garment |
Mirror Classic |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Garment that may be wrapped and worn around the waist |
|
|
| Go round fringes of |
|
|
| Mini margin? (5) |
|
|
| A midriff of meat (5) |
|
|
| Boutique purchase |
|
|
| Circumnavigate (5) |
|
|
| Avoid, bypass |
|
|
| Female garment |
Mirror Classic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| A cut of beef from the flank (5) |
|
|
| Woman's outer garment |
Mirror Classic |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Avoid |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Avoid women's clothing (5) |
|
|
| Avoid |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Go round edges of kilt (5) |
|
|
| Part of a tennis outfit, for some |
|
|
| A-line or poodle |
|
|
| Mini or tutu, eg (5) |
|
|
| Keep one short of a day's work (5) |
|
|
| Go round to get something to wear (5) |
|
|
| Go round garment |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 May 2024 |
| Woman's garment |
Mirror Quick |
23 May 2024 |
| Go around to avoid |
|
|
| It's not worn long by some girls, nowadays (5) |
|
|
| Something to go round wearing? (5) |
|
|
| Kilt, e.g. |
|
|
| Go round appearing as Romeo in a sketch (5) |
|
|
| Go around |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Travel round edge of |
|
|
| Word that can follow poodle and pencil |
|
|
| Find a way around (5) |
|
|
| Garment right for a runner? (5) |
|
|
| Mini or maxi, eg |
|
|
| ___ around trouble, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
|
|
| Try to avoid beef cut from flank (5) |
|
|
| Move along the border (5) |
|
|
| Avoid discussing, as an issue |
|
|
| PlusWord No 631 |
|
|
| Garment hanging from the waist |
|
|
| Pencil ___ |
|
|
| Mini, midi, or maxi garment |
|
|
| - |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Go round a garment |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Avoid |
Mirror Quick |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Chanel suit component |
LA Times Mini |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Garment; avoid (5) |
|
|
| Garment; avoid |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Tutu, for one |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Slacks alternative |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Work around, as an issue |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Bottom part of some girls' school uniforms |
|
|
| Avoid |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2023 |
| '50s garment with a poodle on it |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Kilt's cousin |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Sidestep |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Artfully dodge |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2023 |
| "Midi" or "mini" garment |
|
|
| Garment that may be "midi" or "mini" |
|
|
| Alternative to pants |
Universal |
14 May 2023 |
| Can-can dancer's apparel |
|
|
| Evade, as the truth |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2023 |
| Bypass |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2023 |
| Kilt, for example |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Part of some school uniforms |
|
|
| Go around |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Garment worn with a blouse |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Garment that may be mini or midi, e.g. |
|
|
| Part of some school uniforms |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Sarong or tutu, e.g. |
|
|
| Piece of clothing that can also be a verb |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Hula dancer's 'grass' garment |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Go round woman's garment |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Garment with a pencil variety |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2022 |
| Avoid |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Avoid, as an issue |
Universal |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Prairie ___, piece of women's clothing largely associated with Western wear |
|
|
| Get around |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Bypass |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2022 |
| Lower garment |
|
|
| Alternative to pants |
Universal |
26 Oct 2021 |
| Hula or Cancun dancer's garment |
|
|
| Hula dancer's grass garment |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Garment below a blouse |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Run piercing spoof to split from pack |
|
|
| Garment that can be made from ti leaves |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Avoid |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Go round; garment |
The Times Concise |
05 Feb 2021 |
| Avoid |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Sketch includes river border |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Garment that may be "midi" or "mini" |
|
|
| ''Mini'' or ''maxi'' garment |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Kilt, essentially |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Get around |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2020 |
| Kilt's cousin |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Bottom of a certain school uniform |
Universal |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Blouse go-with |
|
|
| Tutu, e.g. |
|
|
| Blouse partner |
Universal |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Go around |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2020 |
| Garment worn with a blouse |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Comedy sketch about queen's dress |
|
|
| Mini or midi |
Universal |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Bypass 27 |
|
|
| Blouse go-with |
Universal |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Get around |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Get around |
|
|
| Maneuver around |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Tutu, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| School uniform part, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2019 |
| School uniform part, perhaps |
|
|
| Bottom wear for a female tennis player or hula dancer? |
|
|
| Go around, as an issue |
|
|
| Part of a girl's school uniform |
|
|
| Sketch about right ladies garment |
|
|
| Evade, as an issue |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2019 |
| Evade |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Blouse go-with |
|
|
| Evade, as an issue |
|
|
| Get around |
|
|
| School uniform part, perhaps |
|
|
| Evade |
|
|
| Go around clubs banned from turning tricks |
|
|
| Wrapover and side step |
|
|
| School uniform wear, maybe |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Lower garment |
|
|
| Edge of the golf green |
Universal |
17 May 2018 |
| Avoid |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2018 |
| Avoid dealing with |
|
|
| Garment to avoid! |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Circumvent |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Circumvent |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2018 |
| Mini or maxi |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2018 |
| School uniform wear, maybe |
|
|
| Edge of the golf green |
|
|
| Mini or maxi |
|
|
| Avoid heading for runway during take-off |
|
|
| Go around in women's clothing |
|
|
| Circumvent |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Avoid, as an issue |
|
|
| It's lifted by a cancan dancer |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Part of a Girl Scout uniform |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Part of a Girl Scout uniform |
|
|
| A garment to go around |
|
|
| Poodle ___ (1950s wear) |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2017 |
| Part of a Girl Scout uniform |
|
|
| It's lifted by a cancan dancer |
|
|
| Go round in woman's garment |
|
|
| Avoid addressing |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Shorts alternative |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Mini, e.g |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Circumvent |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jun 2016 |
| Sun king runs in it to go around |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 May 2016 |
| Avoid |
|
|
| Circumvent |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Mini, e.g. |
|
|
| Circumvent |
|
|
| Fringe activities of magicians, not having caught up |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Part of a Girl Scout uniform |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Runner acquires the right apparel |
|
|
| Maxi or mini |
Universal |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Kilt, for one |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2015 |
| Blouse go-with |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Avoid, as an issue |
Universal |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Satirical piece about Thatcher finally seen in the fringe |
|
|
| Avoid what the butcher's selling |
|
|
| Avoid |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Bypass |
Universal |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Go along the edge of feminine garment |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Pants alternative, for some |
Universal |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Duck, as an issue |
Universal |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Duck, as an issue |
|
|
| Pants alternative, for some |
|
|
| Avoid, as an issue |
|
|
| Maxi or mini |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Blouse go-with |
|
|
| Kilt, for one |
|
|
| Part of a Girl Scout uniform |
|
|
| Blouse accompanier |
|
|
| Avoid, as an issue |
|
|
| Go around, as an issue |
|
|
| Take a path around |
|
|
| Woman's garment |
|
|
| Evade |
|
|
| Women roughly right to interrupt sketch |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Dress bottom |
|
|
| Dress bottom |
|
|
| Avoid, as an issue |
|
|
| Hula dancer's "grass" wear |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Part of a Girl Scout's uniform |
|
|
| It's often found under a Christmas tree |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Mini, midi or maxi |
|
|
| "Hula" or "hoop" follower |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Blouse accompanier, often |
|
|
| Edge past |
|
|
| Part of a girl scout's uniform |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Avoid dealing with |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| It may be slit or gored |
|
|
| Alternative to Capris |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Pants alternative |
|
|
| Christmas tree adornment |
|
|
| Christmas tree adornment |
|
|
| Manage to avoid |
|
|
| Hoop ___ |
|
|
| Get around somehow, as an issue |
|
|
| Get around somehow |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Kilt or tutu |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Border on |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Mini, midi or maxi |
|
|
| Border |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Maxi thing |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Get around |
|
|
| Border on |
|
|
| Mini, midi or maxi |
|
|
| Mini or tutu |
|
|
| Go around, as an issue |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Evade, as an issue |
|
|
| Get around |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Evade by circumlocution |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Get around |
|
|
| Evade |
|
|
| Cancan dancer's garment |
|
|
| Talk around, as a sensitive issue |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Circumvent |
|
|
| Dodge (the issue) |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Women's garment |
|
|
| "Mini" or "maxi" clothing |
|
|
| Kilt, for one |
|
|
| Table-leg protector |
|
|
| Pants alternative |
|
|
| Hula dancer's wear |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Mini or maxi |
|
|
| Midi, for one |
|
|
| Rocket's section |
|
|
| Blouse accompanier |
|
|
| Evade by circumlocution |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| ___ chaser (womanizer) |
|
|
| A-line or mini |
|
|
| Gown part |
|
|
| Pleated garment |
|
|
| Hula or hoop follower |
|
|
| Tutu or dirndl |
|
|
| Go around |
|
|
| Get around somehow |
|
|
| Outer edge |
|
|
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Hula ___ |
|
|
| Dirndl, for one |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Avoid |
|
|
| Womans garment |
|
|
| Miss narrowly |
|
|
| Alternative to pants |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| Dodge, as an issue |
|
|
| Mini, midi or maxi |
|
|
| Hobble or hoop, e.g. |
|
|
| Bypass |
|
|
| Tutu, for one |
|
|
| Mini or midi |
|
|
| Evade |
|
|
| Golf-green edge |
|
|
| Girl's garment |
|
|
| Circuitously avoid |
|
|
| Garment |
|
|
| Furniture trim |
|
|
| Avoid, as danger |
|
|
| Dirndl, e.g. |
|
|
| Narrowly miss |
|
|
| Sidestep |
|
|
| See 7 Down |
|
|
| Tutu, e.g. |
|
|
| Dirndl, e.g. |
|
|
| Maxi or midi |
|
|
| Evade an issue |
|
|
| Edge around |
|
|
| Girl's garb |
|
|
| Avoid an issue |
|
|
| Evade, as an issue |
|
|
| Pass along the edge |
|
|
| Avoid out of fear |
|
|
| Dirndl |
|
|
| Avoid, as an issue |
|
|
| Bypass closely |
|
|
| Tutu, e.g. |
|
|
| Go around. |
|
|
| Edge around. |
|
|
| Drindl. |
|
|
| Swirling gift. |
|
|
| Part of a dirndl. |
|
|
| Petticoat. |
|
|
| Article of clothing. |
|
|
| Kilt. |
|
|
| Dirndl. |
|
|