Fleeing
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HOT
Having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"

RUN
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

5 letters

SHORT
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

BRIEF
A condensed written summary or abstract

GOING
The act of departing

6 letters

FLYING
An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

ERRANT
Straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

MOVING
Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"

WANTED
Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

FLIGHT
The act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

7 letters

JUMPING
The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

LEAVING
The act of departing

QUITING

BUNKING

PASSING
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

EVADING

ELUDING
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

RUNNING
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"

ELOPING

BUSHING
A cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction

GETTING
The act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

ERRATIC
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

RUNAWAY
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"

WINCING

ELUSIVE
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

BOLTING

BLOWING
Processing that involves blowing a gas

8 letters

AVOIDING

UNSTABLE
Disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions"

CRIMINAL
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

CRIMINAL
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

BREEZING

FUGITIVE
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

FLEETING
Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

BREAKING
The act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

RETIRING
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

SCOOTING

HURRYING
Changing location rapidly

VOLATILE
Liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

LAMISTER

SHUNNING
Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

SKIPPING

CLEARING
The act of removing solid particles from a liquid

FLITTING

ESCAPING

ONTHERUN

ONTHELAM

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HASTENING

VAMOOSING

SCRAMMING

TEMPORARY
A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

FLINCHING

EPHEMERAL
Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

FUGACIOUS
Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

WANDERING
Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

SPLITTING
Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

MOMENTARY
Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

ADVANCING
Moving forward

DESERTING

DEPARTING

DECAMPING

PLANETARY
Having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

TRANSIENT
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

DEPARTURE
The act of departing

VANISHING
A sudden disappearance from sight

10 letters

RETREATING

ABSCONDING

ABANDONING

SHORTLIVED

EVANESCENT
Tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"

SCAMPERING

TRANSITORY
Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

HOTFOOTING

11 letters

SKEDADDLING

IMPERMANENT
Existing or enduring for a limited time only

RUNNINGAWAY
The act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be

WITHDRAWING

12 letters

OUTOFCONTROL

DISAPPEARING
The act of leaving secretly or without explanation

17 letters

TAKINGTOONESHEELS