Answer to "Slow up" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RETARD , but the solution may also be BRAKE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).

Slow up crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RETARD	53 %	6
SLACKEN	13 %	7
LETDOWN	7 %	7
ARREST	7 %	6
IMPEDE	7 %	6
LAG	7 %	3
BRAKE	7 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slow up

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

• slow
• retard
• slack
• slacken
• decelerate
• slow down
• lentitude
• larghissimo
• allargando
• sloomy
• tardation
• ease up

Crossword Answer definitions

RETARD noun

1. Retardation; delay.
2. A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
3. A person with mental retardation.
4. A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

RETARD verb

1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress
2. To put off; to postpone.
3. To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
4. To decelerate; to slow down.
5. To stay back.

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 RETARD

• Slow down
• Make slower
• Slow
• Put the brakes on
• Slow up
• Delay progress
• Throttle down
• Impede
• Impede, as progress
• Hinder

More clues leading to the result SLACKEN

• Slow down
• Loosen up
• Become looser
• Let up
• Lose tension
• Slow up.
• Let up.
• Ease off.
• Slow down.
• Grow limp.

More clues leading to the result LETDOWN

• Disillusionment
• Disappointment ... and a hint to four puzzle answers
• Disappointment.
• Disappointment: Colloq.
• Slow up.
• Anticlimax.
• Relaxation.
• Disappoint
• Disappointment
• Anticlimax

More clues leading to the result ARREST

• Run in
• Seize by law
• Take prisoner
• Pinch
• Put the collar on
• Catch
• Collar
• Bring into the station house
• Take in
• Bring to a standstill

More clues leading to the result IMPEDE

• Slow down
• Get in the way
• Slow the progress of
• Delay
• Hinder
• Obstruct
• Block
• Get in the way of
• Hold back
• Interfere with

More clues leading to the result LAG

• Dawdle
• Dilly dally
• Fall behind
• Act the snail
• Eightball start
• Fail to keep up
• Fall behind a GAL?
• Dilly-dally
• Problem for a gamer with slow wifi
• Word after jet or time

More clues leading to the result BRAKE

• "I __ for animals"
• Pedal on the left
• Decelerate
• Gas neighbor
• Stopper
• Truck stopper
• Gas pedal neighbor
• Some do it for animals
• Try to avoid an accident, maybe
• Accelerator's opposite