Clues for the word "LAPSE"
We've had 209 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 565 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of lapse
- n. - A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
- n. - A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
- n. - The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
- n. - A fall or apostasy.
- v. i. - To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
- v. i. - To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
- v. i. - To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
- v. i. - To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
- v. t. - To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
- v. t. - To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
Referring Clues
- Come to an end
- Run out, as a subscription
- Run out
- Expire
- Oversight
- Slip-up
- Boo-boo
- Slip
- Discontinuance
- Go by
- Senior moment, e.g.
- Expire, as a subscription
- Concentration problem
- Memory mishap
- Memory failure, e.g.
- Memory malfunction
- Memory failure
- Moment of forgetfulness
- "A Momentary ___ of Reason" (1987 Pink Floyd album)
- Mistake
- Accidental decline
- Fall into disuse
- End, as a subscription
- Mental failure
- Loss of diligence
- Hiatus
- Become invalid
- Expire, as a membership
- Interruption
- Time-___ photography
- End
- Forgetful moment
- Judgment problem
- Peccadillo
- Failure of judgment
- Termination of insurance coverage because of nonpayment
- Memory glitch
- Small error
- Terminate, as an insurance policy
- One may precede a recall
- Backslide
- Policy end
- Senior moment, say
- Fall from grace
- Minor error
- Slip by
- Momentary goof
- Transgression
- Go unrenewed
- Pass by, as time
- Short period of forgetfulness
- "A Momentary ___ of Reason" (Pink Floyd)
- Accidental gap
- Regress
- Memory slip, e.g.
- Gap, as in judgment
- Subside
- Subscription termination
- Memory slip
- Spell of forgetfulness
- Dropping the ball, so to speak
- Run out, as subscriptions
- Error
- Inattentive error
- Word with "time" or "memory"
- End, as a magazine subscription
- "A Momentary ___ of Reason" (Pink Floyd)
- Mini-slip?
- Mini-mistake
- Temporary failure, as of judgment
- Minor mistake
- Memory blank
- Tick away
- Come to an end, as a magazine subscription
- Recidivism
- Slight error
- Faux pas
- Senior moment
- Omission
- Decline
- Minor goof
- Small mistake
- Minor slip
- Become void
- Expire, as an insurance policy
- Subscription slip
- Slip of memory
- Break in concentration
- Brain freeze
- It can befall memory or judgment
- Memory gap
- Period of distraction
- Minor failing
- Concentration gap
- Slipup
- Indiscretion
- Mental error
- Inattentive period
- Temporary memory loss
- Slip of the mind
- Temporary deviation
- Memory problem
- Slip backward
- Mental mistake
- Temporary decline
- Terminate
- Need renewal
- Memory misfunction
- Instance of forgetfulness
- Little slip-up
- Sign of forgetfulness
- Run out, as insurance
- Judgment slip-up
- Error in judgment
- Subscription stoppage
- Memory slippage
- Failure
- Trivial error
- Scandinavians heard in the fall?
- Pass into disuse
- ___ in judgment
- Careless mistake
- Slip back
- Sound of ripples in sink
- Legs before energy gets to run out
- Pleas (anag)
- Fail in duty
- Oversight! Right out of cultured pearls
- Error with drinks, say
- Drop round to see one off
- Slip, keel over, pass away
- Error made by student before recess
- Moral failure repeatedly reported in parts of race, some Europeans
- Wild pleas uttered by Lapps
- Slip -- fall
- Fall from usual standard
- Failure to maintain standard circuits ending in catastrophe
- Lose faith in pleas?
- Temporary drop in standard
- Mental blunder
- Bit of bad judgment
- Loss (in concentration, say?)
- Fall from the faith
- Sepal (anag)
- Run out, legs extended by a quarter
- Left before recess - a blunder
- Careless decline
- Some Scandinavians, we hear, become void
- Pause
- Mental slip
- Drift (into coma)
- Orbits Earth by mistake
- Quiet sale ordered, leading to fall from grace
- Revert (to bad habits, etc)
- Licks last chocolate drop
- Become void, expire
- Fall back
- Failing
- Drinks noisily, which shouldn't happen
- Slip in left section of church
- Slip made by Liberal over recess
- Drinks last drop of orangeade in error
- Decline drinks at start of evening
- Circles vowel in error
- Slip in left part of church
- Decline drinks, say
- Failing circuits reported
- Small slip
- Momentary slip
- Expire (of licence)
- Slip or fall
- Fall off the wagon
- Mental misstep
- Mistake resulting from inattention
- Scandinavians heard in the fall?
- Run out, as a membership
- Mental slip-up
- Momentary fault or failure
- Gap
- What a subscription renewal prevents
- Mental misfire
- Momentary error
- Fault
- Inattentive goof
- Interval
- Slight mistake
- ___ of judgment
- Temporary drop in quality
- Time-___
- ___ in judgement
- Run out, like a subscription
- What unrenewed subscriptions do
- Trivial mistake
- Memory miscue
- Run out of Time?
- Small blunder
- Return from the right
- Fall back into one's old ways
- Temporary slip
- Failure of concentration
- Slight memory failure
- Moral slip
- A ___ in judgment
- Not get renewed
- Come to an end, in a way
- Expire, as a paid subscription
- Slip in judgment
- Expire, like a magazine subscription
- Expire, like a subscription
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 08, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 08, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 30, 2025
- Mirror Mini - December 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 20, 2025
- New York Times - November 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2025
- New York Times - October 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 05, 2025
- Daily American - September 03, 2025
- Daily American - August 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 12, 2025
- New York Times - June 09, 2025
- Daily American - May 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 27, 2025
- LA Times - April 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 19, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 21, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 31, 2025
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