The Clue
Memory blanks (6 letter answer)
The Answer
LAPSES
Tags
Notes
The answer LAPSES is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Backslides
Failures
Follies
Gaps
Indiscretions
Slips
Becomes void
Breaks in concentration
Memory gaps
Small mistakes
Small slips
Falls into disuse
Definition
LAPSE as a noun:
1. (oversight, lapse) = a mistake resulting from inattention
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
3. (backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting) = a failure to maintain a higher state
LAPSE as a verb:
1. (sink, pass, lapse) = pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
2. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
3. (lapse, backslide) = drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
4. (relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back) = go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
5. let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
6. (elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along) = pass by; "three years elapsed"