Let up, as a storm

The answer

ABATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABATE answer page.

Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Ease off - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Wind down - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Drop off - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Ease - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Lessen in intensity - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Moderate - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ebb - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Diminish in intensity - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Peter out - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Become less intense - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Recede - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Lessen gradually - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Calm down - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Lessen, as the tide - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Lose intensity - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Tail off - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Decrease in intensity - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Reduce in intensity - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Dwindle - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Lessen, as a storm - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Reduce - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Go down - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Lose strength - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Quash, in law - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Let in - ADMIT, used 109 times
• Let up - EASED, used 91 times
• Take in or let out - ALTER, used 48 times
• Let - ALLOW, used 46 times
• Let - LEASE, used 37 times
• "Let me repeat ..." - ISAID, used 36 times

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