The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLOWN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FLOWN
- Pour scorn at last, having escaped
- Force 50 have escaped
- Flat heads have gone
- Escaped criminal, not English, holding women
- Northern predator turned and fled
- Run away from predator, going west then north
- With Fahrenheit just above 50, have taken off
- Pack animal climbing over partition finally escaped
- Disheartened fool has finished early and done a bunk
- Gone to circulate news at first
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The straight part
We know that "Escaped" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case escaped = flown.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does FLOWN mean?
FLOWN adjective- Suspended in the flies.
- To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- To flee, to escape (from).
- To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- To travel very fast, hasten.
- To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- To hunt with a hawk.