Crossword Puzzle Slithered

Clue: Slithered

Slithery catch (EEL with 3 letters)
Slithering squeezer (e.g. BOA with 3 letters)
Cleo's slitherer (ASP with 3 letters)
Slit made by a saw (KERF with 4 letters)
Slithy creatures (TOVES with 5 letters)
Coat slit (VENT with 4 letters)
___ Up (The Slits singer) (ARI with 3 letters)
Like a long, slithery fish (EELY with 4 letters)
Warning from the critters that appear to be slithering through the grid? (SSS with 3 letters)
Once-sacred slitherers (ASPS with 4 letters)