Give the slip to (5)
I believe the answer is:
elude
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">give the slip to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for elude that I've seen before include "Avoid first" , "Get round" , "Escape adroitly" , "Escape by stratagem" , "Evade, escape from" .)