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The Clue
Avoid formal nuptials (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ELOPE
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Notes
The answer ELOPE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Abscond
Flee
Bolt together
Bond on the run
Emulate Jessica
Emulate Juliet
Flee to a J.P.
Flee to wed
Go with the beau
Marry in haste
Run to the altar
Run away
Run off
Run to wed
Skip to the altar
Slip away
Sneak off
Steal away
A way to wed
Wed in haste
Wed on the run
Emulate Anna Karenina
Emulate Jessica and Lorenzo
Escape à la Juliet
Get hitched in a hurry
Get hitched quick
Nix the fancy nuptials
Run away to wed
Run into a hitch?
Run off to the chapel
Run off to wed
Run for one's wife?
Skip the big wedding
Skip formal nuptials
Skip town, in a way
Split to be joined?
Take the honey and run
Do the Gretna Green bit
Get together without fanfare?
Leap, like some lovers
Skip the usual wedding preparations
Act without the parents' blessings, say
Take the money and run, à la Jessica
Definition
ELOPE as a verb:
1. (elope, run off) = run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"