Answer:

EELY

Answer	Crossword Clue
EELY	Hard to pin down
EELY	Slippery
EELY	Hard to hold

EELY	Hard to pick up?
EELY	Serpentlike
EELY	Wriggling
EELY	Like a moray
EELY	Hard to catch
EELY	Hard to grasp
EELY	Elusive
EELY	Wet and slithery?

EELY	Tough to grasp
EELY	Slithery
EELY	Hard to handle
EELY	Evasive
EELY	Hard to hang on to
EELY	Hard to keep hold of
EELY	Not easy to hang onto
EELY	Long and slimy

EELY	Wriggly
EELY	Hard to grab hold of
EELY	Squiggly
EELY	Wriggly and slippery
EELY	Conger-like
EELY	Tough to hold
EELY	Wriggling in the water
EELY	Lamprey-like

EELY	Hard to hold on to
EELY	Hard to hold down
EELY	Hard to catch, in a way
EELY	Difficult to grasp
EELY	Slippery and slithery
EELY	Electric?
EELY	Wet and wriggly
EELY	Squiggly and wriggly

EELY	Suggestive of a moray's motions
EELY	Difficult to hold
EELY	Hard to capture
EELY	Serpentine
EELY	Hard to control