### Clue: Move along before she drops hot pasty on the counter (6)
### Answer: ELAPSE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Move along
 "she " **minus**(drops) "h"(abbrev. for "hot") **placed below**(… before …, in a down clue) **reversal of**(… on the counter) PALE(pasty;of the colour of paste, ie. whitish).
Defn: … in time.