The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SOFTEN , but the solution may also be EASE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Tone down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOFTEN | 33 % | 6 |
| TAME | 13 % | 4 |
| MUTE | 11 % | 4 |
| SUBDUE | 7 % | 6 |
| MODULATE | 7 % | 8 |
| ABATE | 4 % | 5 |
| TEMPER | 4 % | 6 |
| EASE | 4 % | 4 |
| LESSEN | 4 % | 6 |
| SOFTPEDAL | 4 % | 9 |
| DEADEN | 4 % | 6 |
| MELLOW | 2 % | 6 |
Why may EASE be the right solution?
The word "ease" can mean to make something less intense or to reduce the severity of something, which aligns with the clue "tone down."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tone down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- moderate
- mute
- dampen
- dull
- damp
- muffle
- deaden
- toned down
- turn down
- ease off
- play down
- simmer down
Crossword Answer definitions
SOFTEN verb- To make something soft or softer.
- To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- To make less harsh
- To become soft or softer
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 SOFTEN
- Grow less adamant
- Relent
- Melt
- Tone down
- Cushion
- Use saddle soap on, say
- Mellow
- Cushion, as a blow
- Alleviate
- Reduce the mineral content of, as water
More clues leading to the result TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result MUTE
- Remote possibility?
- Use the soft pedal
- Trumpeter's accessory
- Turn the volume off
- Make a silent movie?
- Mum
- Spot silencer
- Garrulous as a clam
- Speechless
- Prop for Satchmo
More clues leading to the result SUBDUE
- Keep down
- Pin in a ring, perhaps
- Overcome
- Overpower by force
- Tame
- Put down
- Quash
- Pin in a ring, say
- Bring under control
- Quell
More clues leading to the result MODULATE
- Soften
- Soften, as one's voice level
- Tone down
- Shift from one key to another, in music.
- Soften.
- Tune to a key or pitch
- Tune to a pitch
- Adjust, as pitch
- Vary, as a tone
- Adjust, as a voice
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result TEMPER
- It may be lost
- Mitigate
- State of mind
- Soften or harden
- Disposition
- Short fuse, so to speak
- Mark of a hothead
- Tone down
- __ tantrum
- Frame of mind
More clues leading to the result EASE
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result SOFTPEDAL
- Play down
- Downplay
- De-emphasize
- Tone down
- Tone down, as a statement
- Play down: Colloq.
- De-emphasize: Slang.
- Play down, as an issue
- Downplay the significance of