Answer:

averts

Answer	Crossword Clue
AVERTS	Forestalls
AVERTS	Turns away
AVERTS	Staves off

AVERTS	Precludes
AVERTS	Prevents
AVERTS	Fends off
AVERTS	Wards off
AVERTS	Heads off at the pass
AVERTS	Keeps from happening
AVERTS	Dodges
AVERTS	Turns aside

AVERTS	Sidesteps
AVERTS	Heads off
AVERTS	Forfends
AVERTS	Wards off vaster changes (6)
AVERTS	Prevents.
AVERTS	Turns aside.
AVERTS	Sidetracks.
AVERTS	Wards off.

AVERTS	Forestalls.
AVERTS	Deflects.
AVERTS	Staves off.
AVERTS	Turns away.
AVERTS	Avoids
AVERTS	Turns away from
AVERTS	Parries
AVERTS	Nips in the bud

AVERTS	Moves away, as one's eyes
AVERTS	Deflects
AVERTS	Thwarts
AVERTS	Turns away, as the eyes

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.