Possible Clues:

• Avoided
• Evaded
• 'A void, perhaps, but not for the present (6)'
• Got out of
• Theologian overdrawn, say, coming up inside took evasive action
• Moved sideways to avoid, say missile
• Steered clear of
• Evaded by sidestepping
• Hemmed and hawed
• Didn't exactly answer, as a question