The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2005.
Slacken gradually crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAG | 100 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slacken gradually
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ease
- let up
- lighten
- slow
- lighten up
- breath
- breathing space
- breather
- relaxation
- resting
- relaxation time
- tone down
Crossword Answer definitions
LAG noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
- Late
- Last; long-delayed.
- Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
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