Slip away, as time
The crossword clue "Slip away, as time" is answered by ELAPSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ELAPSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELAPSE answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ELAPSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELAPSE, most used first.
- Go by - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass by - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass, as time - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Slip by - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
- Go by, as time - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Slip away - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
- Pass by, as time - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Run out - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
- Tick away - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Tick by - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Wears away - ERODES, used 114 times
- Get away - ESCAPE, used 66 times
- Wore away - ERODED, used 64 times
- Right away - ATONCE, used 56 times
- For the time being - PROTEM, used 46 times
- "It's about time!" - ATLAST, used 45 times
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