| LAPSA | "... autumni frigore primo | ____ cadunt folia" (Aen 6.309-10) the leaves slip and fall |
| LAC | Milk: ____ mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit, Ecl. 2.22 |
| LEAF | With no certain cognate, one of a plant's photosynthetic folia to whose flatness or laminarity a flap of a table, page/folio, piece of gold foil or a sheet of filo are likened; or, foliage, loose tea |
| WINTER | It's the season when people are most likely to slip and fall |
| GREAT | and 10 "The ... ...", 1940 Preston Sturges film comedy starring Brian Donlevy in the title role (5,7 |
| LAPSE | Slip and fall after officer leaves (5) |
| SMRFY | How you might feel if you see Gargamel slip and fall in a big mud puddle |
| ATTORNEY | P.I. pro who gets a call after a nasty slip and fall |
| TRUST | Faith - guardianship - after 10, the owners of the Guardian (5) |
| EMPEROR | and 10 "The ... ...", 1920 stage play by Eugene O'Neill (7,5) |
| BALLADOF | And 10 The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| LOBE | Part of the 10 the norm, that is unlikely to be scalped (8,4) |
| PARIETAL | Part of the 10 the norm, that is unlikely to be scalped (8,4) |
| NAKED | And 10. "The ---", 1959 novel by William Burroughs (5,5) |
| PEA | In "10", the gnat got it bothered in the garden (3) |
| DECEMBER | From "ten", the 10th month of the Roman year but the 12th of ours (8) |
| ICE | Kate Bush might slip and fall "Under" it |
| RELAPSE | Again slip and fall back |
| COLLAPSE | Pass, slip, and fall down (8) |
| ERROR | One might slip and fall into it (5) |
