Slow a car down
The crossword clue "Slow a car down" is answered by BRAKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BRAKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRAKE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BRAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRAKE, most used first.
- Slow down - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Car pedal - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Auto pedal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Gas pedal neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Family car - SEDAN, used 117 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
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