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 |
| IMPEDES | 9 % | 7 |
| ABATES | 9 % | 6 |
| EASESUPONTHEGAS | 4 % | 15 |
| PUTSONTHEBRAKES | 4 % | 15 |
| SLACKENSTHEPACE | 4 % | 15 |
| DELAYS | 4 % | 6 |
| TIESUP | 4 % | 6 |
| SLACKENS | 4 % | 8 |
| SLACKSOFF | 4 % | 9 |
| COOLS | 4 % | 5 |
| HAMPERS | 4 % | 7 |
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 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 ABATES
More clues leading to the result EASESUPONTHEGAS
More clues leading to the result PUTSONTHEBRAKES
More clues leading to the result SLACKENSTHEPACE
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
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 SLACKENS
More clues leading to the result SLACKSOFF
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