Old Yank's escaping from blind alley (5) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old Yank's escaping from blind alley (5) 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PASSE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PASSE Old Yank's escaping from blind alley (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 1, 2024
73% FLEE Escape from (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 5, 2025
70% TUGGED Yanked (6) LA Times Daily Oct 21, 2025
67% OOP "Alley --!" (3) Premier Sunday Oct 19, 2025
64% LAM On the -- (escaping) (3) Premier Sunday Oct 12, 2025
64% BREAKOUT Escape (8) Eugene Sheffer Oct 3, 2025
64% SLAT Part of blind alley, perhaps, outside city (4) (4) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 18, 2025
64% ABAT Blind as ____ (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 1, 2025
64% FLIT Escape from creditors (4)
64% DEADEND Blind alley (7) The Telegraph Quick May 8, 2023

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