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The Clue

Equivocating (7 letter answer)

The Answer

EVASIVE

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Notes

The answer EVASIVE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.

Related Clues

Shifty
Slippery
Far from forthright
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Hard to pin down
Not to the point, say
Like some military maneuvers

Definition

EVASIVE as an adjective:

1. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
2. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
3. (elusive, evasive) = skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline