SCREE (5)

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Slippery slope argument falling short (5)

SCREE(-d)

Submitted by dohz

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8606 Slippery slope argument falling short (5) SCREE(-d) dohz 5
8614 Fragments of debris creep! (5) Fragments of = hidden word indicator
debris creep = _S CREE_

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debris = "loose natural material consisting especially of broken pieces of rock."
creep = "the imperceptibly slow, steady, downward movement of slope-forming soil or rock."
scree = "a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff"
majickace 2
8634 Timeless secret lost in a pile of rocks (5) Timeless secret lost = (SECREt)*
Pile of rocks = def
biocuriousgeorgie 2
8604 Monitor unnatural debris (5) SCREE(-n) edderiofer 1
8605 Discreetly collecting a bunch of rocks (5) _SCREE_ dohz 1
8607 See around half a crow on slope SEE around CR
def: slope
jatloe12345 1
8609 Talus Principle starts small and doesn't have much of an ending (5) Talus = def
Principle=CREED, starts small=S (shirt size), doesn't end =-D
S+CREED-D
Firetruck 1
8613 Brash, incomplete philippic (5) SCREE(d)
brash (n): loose broken rock or ice(!)
climatebrad 1
8631 Some banshees sound like gravel (5) Some banshees' sound = SCREEch
Gravel = def
biocuriousgeorgie 0
8633 Cliff's leftovers are starting to smell a bit disturbing (5) Cliff's leftovers = def
Starting to smell = S
A bit disturbing = CREEpy
biocuriousgeorgie 0
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