Answer to "Reduce gradually" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPER which also is the latest solution we found used in Crosswords Media in 2006.

Reduce gradually crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TAPER	50 %	5
PARE	50 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reduce gradually

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• taper
• abate
• diminish
• decline
• dwindle
• fall off
• fall away
• dwindling
• subsidence
• declining
• diminishing
• decrease

Crossword Answer definitions

TAPER noun

1. A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
2. (by extension) a small light.
3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
4. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.

TAPER verb

1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. To diminish gradually.

TAPER adjective

1. Tapered; narrowing to a point.

TAPER noun

1. One who operates a tape machine.
2. 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 TAPER

• Thin candle
• Candle
• Reduce gradually
• Dwindle down
• Trail (off)
• Get to the point?
• Wicked light?
• Recorder at a gig
• Come to nothing?
• Decrease gradually

More clues leading to the result PARE

• Cut (down), as expenses
• Get the carrots ready
• Cut back
• Trim
• Whittle down
• Fix apples for a pie
• Skin
• Trim down
• Remove the skin of
• Cut the skin from