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Escape, avoid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evade

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">escape</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that evade is a more specific form of the action escape)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">avoid</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that evade is a more specific form of the action avoid)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Avoid, get out of" , "Dodge, duck" , "Slyly escape" , "Fail to pay" , "Escape, avoid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Times.
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