Answer: COPOUT
The answer COPOUT has 38 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Company to show displeasure with lame excuse
- Not take responsibility when policeman is dismissed
- Policeman on the beat to evade responsibility
- Renege
- Escape with policeman no longer in power
- An evasion or failure - by policeman?
- Evasion of responsibility
- Avoidance of hard decision (slang)
- Evasion or failure to deliver on promise
- Avoidance of responsibility, hence joint expression of annoyance?
Last seen in:
- Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 27 2023
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,727 - Oct 7 2021
- Wall Street Journal - Nov 2 2020 - In the Bag
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,879 - Jul 22 2019
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,122 - Oct 24 2018
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,876 - Jan 11 2018
- Newsday.com - Nov 18 2017
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,809 - May 10 2017
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,671 - Sep 9 2016
- Wall Street Journal - Aug 24 2016 - Say What?