- EELY
- Hard to pin down
- Slippery
- Hard to hold
- Hard to pick up?
- Serpentlike
- Wriggling
- Slippery and snaky
- Evasive
- Hard to get hold of
- Really wiggly
- Tough to hold
- Tough to tackle
- Hard to catch
- Tough to pin down
- Like a moray
- Hard to grasp
- Elusive
- Wet and slithery?
- Tough to grasp
- Slithery
- Tending to escape one's grasp
- Hard to grab hold of
- Squiggly
- Wriggly
- Wriggly and slippery
- Conger-like
- Wriggling in the water
- Lamprey-like
- Hard to hold on to
- Electric?
- Hard to hold down
- Hard to catch, in a way
- Difficult to grasp
- Slippery and slithery
- Wet and wriggly
- Squiggly and wriggly
- Suggestive of a moray's motions
- Difficult to hold
- Hard to handle
- Hard to hang on to
- Hard to keep hold of
- Not easy to hang onto
- Too wiggly to hold
- Long and slimy
- Hard to capture
- Serpentine
- Hard to control
- Prone to wriggling
- Slippery and slimy
- Long and undulating
- Anguine.
- Wrigglesome.
- Like a snake in the water.
- Squirming.
- Wiggly.
- Squirmy.
- Asquirm.
- Slithering.
- Slimy
- Elusive, in a way
- Smooth and slippery
- Like a snipefish
- Very slippery
- Not easily held
- Anguilliform
- Like a conger
- Like elvers
- Sinuous
- Snakelike
- Slippery like a fish
- Slippery as a fish
- Tough to get ahold of
- Hard to grasp, say
- Hard to handle, in a way
- Wriggly, as a fish
- Elusive, in a sense
- Hard to grasp, in a way
- Long and squirmy
- Like a long, slithery fish
- Challenging to corner
- Like a greased pig
- Slimy and serpentine
- Wriggly and hard to grasp
- Wriggly and slippery, e.g.
- Tough to catch
- Wriggly, slippery and serpentine
- Tough to get hold of
- Too slippery and slimy to grasp
- Slippery and hard to catch
- Slithery and slimy
- Difficult to grasp, as an elongated fish
- Evasive and congerlike
- Like some sushi
- Long and slippery
- Elusive, slippery
- Wet and snakelike
- Adjective for 51-Across
- Wriggly and slimy
- Elusive and slippery
- Hard to grab onto
- Hard to get a grip on
- Slippery, in a way
- Slippery when wet?
- Slick
- Difficult to capture
- Long, thin and slippery
