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Slimy creeper (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snail

(Other definitions for snail that I've seen before include "Its speed was emulated by Shakespeare's creeping schoolboy" , "Mollusc with spiral shell" , "Soft-bodied garden animal with shell" , "Common garden mollusc" , "dawdler" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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