Slippery
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 16 crossword solutions for Slippery which appeared recently in The Guardian Quick.
We have deemed Slippery as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 16 times in a variety of crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "SKIDDY".
Publications
- The Guardian Quick - Monday, 1 Nov 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 23 May 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 29 Jan 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 16 Jan 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 3 Jun 2017
Crossword Answers
3 letters
ICY
Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"
SLY
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
ELM
Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
4 letters
OILY
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
5 letters
SLIMY
Covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"
SLOPE
An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
6 letters
SKIDDY
CRAFTY
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
GREASY
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
SLIPPY
Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
7 letters
ELUSIVE
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
EVASIVE
Deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
8 letters
UNCTUOUS
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
13 letters
UNTRUSTWORTHY
Not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"