Answer: slunk

AnswerCrossword Clue
SLUNKLurked.
slunkSLINK, to move stealthily
slunkto go furtively
SLUNKCrept furtively
SLUNKMade a red-faced exit
SLUNKHardly strutted
SLUNKSneaked
SLUNKSkulked
SLUNKLurked
SLUNKCrept
SLUNKSneaked.
SLUNKStole (away)
SLUNKMoved furtively.
SLUNKCrept away.
SLUNKStole along quietly.
SLUNKCrept furtively away.
SLUNKCrept away furtively.
SLUNKMoved warily
SLUNKMoved furtively
SLUNKMoved like a coward
SLUNKExited red-faced, with "away"