It's a slippery slope (5)
'a slippery slope' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'slid' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slide that I've seen before include "Playground equipment with sloping surface" , "Drop" , "Decline" , "Playground structure" , "Trombone part" .)
'a slippery slope' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pise' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for piste that I've seen before include "A ski run of compacted snow" , "Ski-slope" , "Ski slope" , "Ski trail" , "slippery slope" .)