The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MUTES , but the solution may also be TEMPERS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Tones down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MUTES | 44 % | 5 |
| TAMES | 41 % | 5 |
| DAMPS | 4 % | 5 |
| TEMPERS | 4 % | 7 |
| SOBERS | 4 % | 6 |
| COOLS | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tones down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mutes
- softens
- calms
- quiets
- lowers
- lear
- lower
- loop
- sleeper
- findlay
- lean
- loader
Crossword Answer definitions
MUTES noun- A stopped consonant; a stop.
- An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A mute swan.
- To silence, to make quiet.
- To turn off the sound of.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- Of a bird: to defecate.
- To cast off; to moult.
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 MUTES
- Silences, as a TV
- Brass mufflers
- Trumpet adjuncts
- Brass accessories
- Silences
- Remote buttons
- Tones down
- Quiets down
- Squelches, as sound
- Softens
More clues leading to the result TAMES
- Breaks, as a bronco
- Tones down
- Domesticates
- Subdues
- Renders tractable
- Makes less unruly
- Brings under control
- Controls
- Busts broncos
- Breaks, in a way
More clues leading to the result DAMPS
- Wets
- Tends to the furnace
- Moistens
- Lightly wets
- Gets a little water on
- Deadens
- Makes wet
- Deadens, as a piano string
- Extinguishes a fire
- Soft-pedals?
More clues leading to the result TEMPERS
More clues leading to the result SOBERS
- __ up (gets straight)
- Recovers from a binge, with "up"
- Brings down, maybe
- Gives black coffee to
- Detoxifies, with "up"
- Recovers from a binge (with "up")
- Gets serious, with "up"
- Grows grave
- Makes solemn
- Gets serious