Answer: SLOW
SLOW is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 160 times.
Referring Clues:
- Leisurely
 - Snaillike
 - Traffic sign
 - School zone sign
 - Deliberate
 - Lento
 - 10 miles per hour, say
 - Hit the brakes
 - Unhurried
 - Like off-season business
 - Gradual
 - Curve caution
 - Not very busy
 - Like rush hour traffic
 - Not bright
 - Glacial
 - Like molasses
 - Like a snail or sloth
 - Not rushed
 - School zone warning
 - Held up
 - Tortoiselike
 - Not busy
 - "On a __ Boat to China"
 - Somewhat dense
 - Needing a pinch runner, maybe
 - Like a sloth
 - Not likely to bunt for a base hit
 - Sluggish
 - Kind of burn
 - Lackadaisical
 - Adagio
 - In need of customers
 - Poky
 - Like much rush-hour traffic, ironically
 - Needing a lot of hints
 - Traffic sign warning
 - Brake
 - Boring
 - Like a tortoise
 - Humdrum
 - Traffic sign word
 - Impede
 - Hardly scintillating
 - Construction zone sign
 - Plodding
 - Reduce the speed of
 - Not too busy
 - At a snail's pace
 - Road-sign warning
 - Apply the brake
 - Apply the brakes
 - Far from rapid
 - Snail-like
 - Decelerate
 - Road warning
 - Damp
 - Not very speedy
 - Lose steam
 - Like a snail
 - Needing a pinch-runner
 - Tap the brakes
 - Give me a brake?
 - Uneventful
 - What to do when driving near a school
 - Like Loesser's boat to China
 - Lose velocity
 - Highway caution
 - Behind, as a watch
 - Like molasses in January
 - Easy to catch, say
 - Moving at a snail's pace
 - Apply brakes to
 - Far from fleet
 - Dull
 - Moving deliberately
 - Short on customers
 - Traffic caution
 - ___ burn
 - Highway advisory
 - Needing many hints
 - Like some modern food
 - Falling behind
 - Dense
 - Time-consuming
 - Lethargic
 - See 55-Across
 - Largo
 - Interminable
 - Like snails
 - Snail-paced
 - School crossing warning
 - Reduce speed
 - "Children playing" sign word
 - Street sign near a school
 - Like rush-hour traffic
 - Obtuse
 - Traffic caution sign
 - Like tortoises and snails
 - Taking forever
 - Street caution
 - Steady companion?
 - Like much post-Christmas business
 - Dawdling
 - Dilatory
 - Snail's pace
 - Like a snail's pace
 - Not 38-Down at all
 - Lacking speed
 - Word before cook or burn
 - Put on the breaks
 - Off-ramp sign
 - Behind the times
 - Yawn-inducing
 - Diamond-shaped road sign
 - Not doing much business
 - Moving sluggishly
 - Lose momentum
 - Hardly swift
 - Like a turtle
 - Theme of this puzzle
 - Going at a crawl
 - Like snail-mail, compared to email
 - Very gradual
 - Moving like a snail
 - Reduce one's speed
 - Not fast
 - Glacial in movement
 - Hardly hopping
 - A little dense
 - One way to burn
 - Not at all busy
 - Hoping for more customers
 - Like snails and sloths
 - Largo or lento
 - Hardly quick
 - Moving like sloths
 - Far from speedy
 - Unlikely to steal bases
 - Tedious
 - Like a poor sales day
 - Like an uneventful news day
 - Like the fabled tortoise
 - Drawn-out
 - Like lento music
 - School zone sign word
 - Like business in the off-season
 - Steady partner?
 - ___ and steady
 - "___ and steady wins the race"
 - React to a yellow light, say
 - #1
 - Sign in a school zone
 - Road warning sign
 - ___ burn romance
 - Like old computers, irritatingly
 - Word on a diamond-shaped yellow road sign
 - Word on a construction sign
 - Slothlike
 - Approach bumper-to-bumper traffic, say
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 01, 2025
 - LA Times - June 08, 2025
 - LA Times - April 25, 2025
 - USA Today - December 06, 2024
 - New York Times - September 21, 2024
 - New York Times - September 14, 2024
 - New York Times - August 15, 2024
 - USA Today - July 30, 2024
 - New York Times - July 19, 2024
 - LA Times - June 23, 2024
 - LA Times - May 11, 2024
 - New York Times - January 16, 2024
 - LA Times - January 10, 2024
 - New York Times - January 02, 2024
 - New York Times - December 04, 2023
 - LA Times - November 16, 2023
 - LA Times - July 26, 2023
 - LA Times - June 20, 2023
 - USA Today - May 10, 2023
 - New York Times - April 18, 2023
 
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