Possible Clues:

• Slow down
• Slow divorce case? Then have a party from which husband heartily excluded
• Late decree — ordered to slow down
• Slow down in river when treacle stirred in?
• Slow European chopped vegetable in time
• Ant's friend, celeb: 'Unlimited speed? Slow down!'
• Slow eel reacted when tickled
• Move more slowly
• Slow machine finally sticks, but not entirely stuck in time
• Slow down in river when treacle's poured in