The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TAPERS , but the solution may also be WEANS which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in CrossSynergy).
Gradually reduces crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAPERS | 33 % | 6 |
| WEANS | 33 % | 5 |
| PHASESDOWN | 33 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gradually reduces
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- winglet
- aip
- attenuate
- attenuated
- bit
- bits
- cease
- corrode
- creep
- creeps
- dall
- decay
Crossword Answer definitions
TAPERS noun- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAPERS
- Makes a V
- Grows pointy
- Comes to a point
- Gets narrower
- Comes to the point?
- Decreases, with "off"
- Narrows at one end
- Gradually reduces
- Items in sconces
- Narrows
More clues leading to the result WEANS
- Withdraws, in a way
- Withdraws by degrees
- ___ off (breaks a habit slowly)
- Breaks from a habit slowly, with "off"
- Breaks from a habit
- Eases off of, with "from"
- Gradually cuts off from the bottle
- Breaks (from a habit)
- Eases off slowly
- Trains to abstain