The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RETARDS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Slows down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RETARDS | 17 % | 7 |
| BRAKES | 13 % | 6 |
| BOGS | 13 % | 4 |
| ABATES | 9 % | 6 |
| IMPEDES | 9 % | 7 |
| TIESUP | 4 % | 6 |
| SLACKENSTHEPACE | 4 % | 15 |
| COOLS | 4 % | 5 |
| PUTSONTHEBRAKES | 4 % | 15 |
| SLACKSOFF | 4 % | 9 |
| DELAYS | 4 % | 6 |
| HAMPERS | 4 % | 7 |
| EASESUPONTHEGAS | 4 % | 15 |
| SLACKENS | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slows down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slowing
- slowdown
- slowed
- slow down
- slowness
- slowish
- slowest
- decelerate
- decreases
- decelerated
- slow motion
- sluggishness
Crossword Answer definitions
RETARDS noun- Retardation; delay.
- A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
- A person with mental retardation.
- A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
- To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress
- To put off; to postpone.
- To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
- To decelerate; to slow down.
- 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 RETARDS
- Slows down
- Changes from allegro to moderato, say
- Halts, as growth
- Slows
- Impedes
- Hinders.
- Slows.
- Holds back.
- Impedes.
- Hinders
More clues leading to the result BRAKES
- Slows down
- They stop traffic
- They can stop traffic
- Sedan stoppers
- Auto maintenance items
- Car stoppers
- They have shoes and drums
- *Holdup causes?
- Traffic stoppers?
- They're depressed by drivers
More clues leading to the result BOGS
- Marshes
- Peat sources
- Where Venus flytraps might grow
- Mires
- Swampy sites
- Marshy areas
- Good spots for peat
- Peaty places
- Some dig them, for peat's sake
- Cranberry sites
More clues leading to the result ABATES
More clues leading to the result IMPEDES
- Bars
- Ties up
- Blocks
- Gets in the way of
- Slows down
- Holds back.
- Gets in the way of.
- Blocks.
- Causes a bottleneck
- Stymies
More clues leading to the result TIESUP
- Earns extra innings
- Occupies
- Keeps occupied
- Moors
- Evens
- Snarls, as traffic
- Slows down
- Occupies completely
- Hitches
- Hinders from action.
More clues leading to the result SLACKENSTHEPACE
More clues leading to the result COOLS
- Chills out
- Uses the A/C
- Feels passion ebb
- Lets off some steam
- Loses ardor
- Grows less ardent
- Sits on the sill, maybe
- Air-conditions
- Loses one's enthusiasm
- Puts on ice
More clues leading to the result PUTSONTHEBRAKES
More clues leading to the result SLACKSOFF
More clues leading to the result DELAYS
- Piddles around
- Holds off
- Pearson Airport tie-ups
- Airport holdups
- Airport annoyances
- Airport hassles
- Puts off
- Laxness at LAX, maybe
- Holdups
- Airport snags