Taper off
The crossword clue "Taper off" is answered by ABATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 79 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ABATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABATE answer page.
Used 79 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DWINDLE (4 uses in xd)
- DECLINE (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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