Miss target time as eel proves slippery Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Miss target time as eel proves slippery featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on October 28, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OVERSLEEP.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OVERSLEEP Miss target time as eel proves slippery (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 28, 2025
2% GALS Misses (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 27, 2025
2% SKATINGRINK … slippery surface (7,4) (11) The Guardian Quick Oct 27, 2025
2% ICIER More slippery, perhaps (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
2% SOAPS Slippery shower bars (5) LA Times Mini Oct 25, 2025
2% ELVER Young of the eel (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 19, 2025
2% ELMS "Slippery" trees (4) USA Today Oct 19, 2025
2% FLAB Dieter's target (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 15, 2025
2% SHOTAT Targeted, as a target (6) New York Times Oct 11, 2025
2% ELM "Slippery" tree (3)

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