Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately last seen in Guardian Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ESCAPISM.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ESCAPISM Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately (8) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 31, 2022
5% ALAS "Unfortunately . . ." (4) USA Today Oct 5, 2025
5% IFEAR "Unfortunately ..." (5) New York Times Sep 30, 2025
5% ATAN ___ impasse (4) New York Times Sep 24, 2025
5% EMOTIVE Impassioned (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 24, 2025
5% LOGJAM Impasse (6) Puzzler Backwords Aug 3, 2025
4% ILLS Unfortunate situations (4) New York Times Oct 15, 2025
4% SHUN Avoid the company of (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 14, 2025
4% STOIC Imperturbable, impassive individual (5) The Washington Post Mini Oct 11, 2025
4% AFRAIDSO "True, unfortunately" (8) New York Times Oct 9, 2025

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