Allude to is a term used to describe an indirect reference to something. The crossword solutions for this term are REFER (5 letters), QUOTE (5 letters), MEAN (4 letters), INDICATE (8 letters), CITE (4 letters), HINT (4 letters), IMPLY (5 letters), MENTION (7 letters), getat (5 letters), and leton (5 letters), hintat (6 letters). Referring to something can be done in many ways, such as quoting it, meaning it, indicating it, citing it, hinting at it, implying it, or mentioning it. Getat and leton are two similar terms that MEAN to suggest or HINT at something. Hintat is a combination of the words HINT and at. All of these terms are used to allude to something without directly saying it.