Ooze - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'ooze' is the definition.
(I know that ooze can be written as seep)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for seep that I've seen before include "Trickle through slowly" , "Leak slowly, ooze" , "dribble away" , "Flow or leak slowly" , "Of liquid, ooze slowly out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday and The Independent.

'ooze' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for leak that I've seen before include "Let in water" , "Accidental escape of water from lake" , "Unwanted discharge" , "Ooze" , "Disclose (secrets)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday and The Independent.

'ooze' is the definition.
(I know that ooze can be written as exude)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for exude that I've seen before include "Secrete" , "Slowly give out (smell)" , "Discharge (something) slowly" , "Discharge by sweating" , "Discharge through the pores" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph and The Sun.

'ooze' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for trickle that I've seen before include "Run in drops" , "Meagre flow" , "A very thin flow of liquid" , "sluggish stream" , "Flow in a slow thin stream" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Evening Standard.

'ooze' is the definition.
(I know that ooze can be written as seepage)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for seepage that I've seen before include "Leaking liquid" , "Slow fluid loss" , "Ooze" , "running out slowly" , "narrow escape?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Evening Standard.

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