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Cause Of An Unexpected Fall Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TRAPDOOR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling

35%8Cause of an unexpected fall
noun

• A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

• Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.

• A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.

• The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.

• A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

25%4An escape; a fall from grace; a quick-release leash for a dog; or, an unexpected loss of footing caused by a loss of traction
noun

• a socially awkward or tactless act

• a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

• potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• a young and slender person

• a place where a craft can be made fast

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• a slippery smoothness

• artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

• a small sheet of paper

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• an unexpected slide

• a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

verb

• move stealthily

• insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

• fall to a lower standard

• move smoothly and easily

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

• pass on stealthily

• move easily

• cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion

• pass out of one's memory

• move out of position

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New York Times07 Jul 1997 Down 43
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