Related Clues:

• Slight regulars with no gear
• Slight scout leader unknotted ropes, initially
• Contentious allegation surfacing of poll ultimately controlled by Russia
• Stain on one's reputation to talk as if drunk
• Endless drink making one do this?
• Utter one's words indistinctly
• Talk like a tippler
• Slight mispronunciation
• Slight mumble
• Slight noise from eating, no longer quiet
• Ask a loaded question, maybe?
• Miss a syllable or two, say
• Awful insult
• Insulting allegation
• Speak disparagingly