Deviate
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 28 Apr 2020

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ERR
Wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

YAW
Deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

4 letters

VEER
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

VARY
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

5 letters

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

6 letters

WANDER
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

DEPART
Go away or leave

DIVERT
Turn aside; turn away from

SWERVE
The act of turning aside suddenly

7 letters

DIVERGE
Be at variance with; be out of line with

DIGRESS
Wander from a direct or straight course

DEFLECT
Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

DEVIANT
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

PERVERT
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

8 letters

ABERRANT
One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

10 letters

DEGENERATE
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior