Ease off
The crossword clue "Ease off" is answered by ABATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 31 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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ABATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABATE answer page.
Used 31 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ABATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABATE, most used first.
- Lessen - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- Let up - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
- Diminish - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Subside - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Die down - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Ease up - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Taper off - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Decrease - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Slacken - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Slack off - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Fall off - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Wane - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
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