The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TIMIDNESS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2008.
Reason for shrinking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| TIMIDNESS | 100 % | 9 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reason for shrinking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- timidness
 - fear
 - bear
 - contractile
 - contraction
 - cringe
 - cringing
 - dastard
 - decline
 - diminish
 - falls
 - funk
 
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