"Allude" or "elude"?

Although when spoken these two words sound somewhat similar, their meanings are quite different. Allude is to suggest or indirectly call attention to something, for example:

She had a way of alluding to Jean but never saying her name.

Whereas elude means to escape from or avoid someone or something:

The thief eluded the authorities for months.

Or the failure to achieve or attain something:

After three years, the cup still eluded them.

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