The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SLIPPERY
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More clues leading to the result SLIPPERY
- Awkward to walk on, like a light shoe?
- Evasive – like a mule?
- Unknown salesman with lager gets up, well-oiled
- Devious in peril, spy adapted
- Elusive quality ultimately behind comfortable footwear
- Czech beer served up for a Yankee — ice-covered?
- Elusive, like a fox, say, carrying headless fish for breakfast
- Special mouth exercise found on line can’t be trusted
- Untrustworthy like a mule?
- Pied piper enters, cunning and elusive
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What does SLIPPERY mean?
SLIPPERY adjective- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.