The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ESCAPEE
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More clues leading to the result ESCAPEE
- One getting out of cloak in the gents, free at last
- European notice about top fugitive
- One bolting sword round sheath? No p-poet
- Fugitive better protected by witness after heading for Egypt
- Defector‘s case dismissed — exercise privilege, ultimately
- Go after key article for one who’s got away
- Who’s running to announce starters of steak and kidney pie?
- He takes flight in case fresh relief needed
- Round headland, see running fugitive
- Regularly get seen without cloak one’s got free
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What does ESCAPEE mean?
ESCAPEE noun- Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
- Someone who has escaped.
- A plant that has escaped from cultivation.