| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GOBY | Slip away | |
| LEAVE | Slip away | |
| EXIT | Slip away | |
| ELAPSE | Slip away | |
| LIPS | Features that slip away | |
| ELUDE | Slip away from Cockney mumbling, “He lewd!” | |
| DRILL | To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. | |
| EVADE | To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. | |
| SLIPPERY | Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. | |
| BUTTER-FINGERED | Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless. | |
| STEAL | To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively. | |
| LAPSE | To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. | |