allude / elude
To refer indirectly versus to escape.
To allude is to point to something without naming it fully: allude to the earlier memo. To elude is to escape or slip past: the thief eluded the patrol; the name eluded her. You allude to a thing. You do not elude to it.
Examples
UseThe mayor alluded to last year’s audit.
UseThe answer eluded him.
AvoidThe mayor eluded to last year’s audit.