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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ERR
Wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

SIN
Violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"

END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

4 letters

SLIP
A socially awkward or tactless act

PASS
Accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

SINK
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

GOBY
Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker

5 letters

PAUSE
Temporary inactivity

ERROR
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

6 letters

SLIPBY
Pass by; "three years elapsed"

ELAPSE
Pass by; "three years elapsed"

EXPIRE
Expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"

7 letters

REGRESS
Returning to a former state

ERRATUM
A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

LAPSING
A failure to maintain a higher state

RELAPSE
A failure to maintain a higher state

GLIDEBY
Pass by; "three years elapsed"

GOALONG
Cooperate or pretend to cooperate; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment"

SLIDEBY
Pass by; "three years elapsed"

FAILURE
An act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"

FAILING
Failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

SUBSIDE
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

8 letters

SLIPAWAY
Pass by; "three years elapsed"

FALLBACK
To break off a military action with an enemy

9 letters

OVERSIGHT
A mistake resulting from inattention

RELAPSING
A failure to maintain a higher state

REVERSION
A failure to maintain a higher state

REVERTING
A failure to maintain a higher state

BACKSLIDE
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

TERMINATE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

10 letters

RECIDIVATE
Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

RETROGRESS
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition

11 letters

BACKSLIDING
A failure to maintain a higher state

14 letters

DISCONTINUANCE
The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)