Banana peel mishap
The crossword clue "Banana peel mishap" is answered by SLIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLIP answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLIP, most used first.
- Faux pas - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose one's footing - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor mistake - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Undergarment - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
- Lingerie item - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Lose traction - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Berth place - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Error - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
- Garment. - used 18 times, most recently in 1974
- Boo-boo - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Minor error - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mistake - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Freudian ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Marina spot - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Careless mistake - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Lapse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose your footing - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Freudian error - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Goof - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Petticoat - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Blunder - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Err - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Gaffe - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Make a mistake - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ of the tongue - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Pillowcase - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Marina space - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Woman's undergarment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor misstep - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Misstep - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Piece of paper - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Stumble - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Yacht spot - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Shaving mishap - NICK, used 80 times
- Peel - PARE, used 74 times
- Peel - RIND, used 71 times
- Banana covering - PEEL, used 43 times
- Orange peel - RIND, used 43 times
- Banana skin - PEEL, used 31 times
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