Slippery ___ (medicine source) — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 22 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
ELM
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
October 22 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword October 22 2025
ELM
I feel as old as yonder ___ (line from a James Joyce novel)
ELM
3
Street that may be nightmarish, according to a horror movie
ELM
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" (classic horror movie)
ELM
3
Big tree on a boulevard
ELM
3
Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on ___ Street"
ELM
3
Nightmarish street on screens
ELM
3
... as old as yonder ___: James Joyce
ELM
3
West follower to mean a furniture giant
ELM
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" (1984 movie)
ELM
3
Nightmarish street on screens
ELM
3
1984 horror film "A Nightmare on ___ Street"
ELM
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street"
ELM
3
Inflated sense of self
EGO
3
Texter's "I am shocked!": Abbr.
OMG
3
Physique, slangily
BOD
3
Actor ___ Danson of "Cheers"
TED
3
"A long time ago, in a land ___ away ..."
FAR
3
"In ___" (extremely impressed)
AWE
3
Burger's fizzy companion
SODA
4
To and ___ (constant movement)
FRO
3
"Don't ___ fool!": 2 wds.
BEA
3
Space between teeth, say
GAP
3
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