Crossword solutions & Synonyms for
Away

23 December 2020
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 23 answers for the crossword clue 'Away', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Away a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Away as an answer itself some 229 times.

Away is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Thursday, 14 January 2021 with the answer being ABSENT, but the most popular answer for this clue is NOTIN.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 14 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 30 Dec 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 20 Oct 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 14 Sep 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 10 Sep 2020
• The New York Times Crossword - 26 May 2019
• The New York Times Crossword - 26 Nov 2018

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Away', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Away' and give you a hint.

• (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
• Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
• Indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
• In reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
• Out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
• Used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
• From one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
• In a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
• In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
• At a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
• So as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
• Freely or at will; "fire away!"
• Not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
• From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"

Crossword Answers

2 Letters

BY
In reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

3 Letters

FRO

OFF
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

OUT
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

4 Letters

GONE
Destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

LEFT
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; "take a left at the corner"

SCAT
Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

SHOO
Drive away by crying `shoo!'

5 Letters

APART
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"

ASIDE
A message that departs from the main subject

FORTH
Out into view; "came forth from the crowd"; "put my ideas forth"

HENCE
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"

NOTIN

6 Letters

ABROAD
In a place across an ocean

ABSENT
Nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

ONWARD
Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

7 Letters

NOTHOME

ONLEAVE

OUTSIDE
The outer side or surface of something

9 Letters

ELSEWHERE
In or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

NOTATHOME

TRAVELING
The act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

14 Letters

EVADETHEPOLICE