Slippery surface tricky ultimately, delicate drop shot lousy (5-4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RINKYDINK Slippery surface tricky ultimately, delicate drop shot lousy (5-4) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 17, 2024
6% SKATINGRINK … slippery surface (7,4) (11) The Guardian Quick Oct 27, 2025
5% ETHEREAL Delicate (8) The Telegraph Quick Nov 15, 2025
5% FRAGILE Delicate (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 25, 2025
4% EELY Slippery and slithery (4) Universal Nov 26, 2025
4% TARMAC Airport surface (6) LA Times Daily Nov 25, 2025
4% SNOW Surface for skiing (4) Newsday Nov 24, 2025
4% MAT Wrestler's surface (3) Newsday Nov 23, 2025
4% DAINTY Delicate, petite (6) The Times Concise Nov 20, 2025
4% MUCUS Slippery secretion (5) The Telegraph Quick Nov 9, 2025

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