Slowly vanish
The crossword clue "Slowly vanish" is answered by FADE, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FADE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FADE answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 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.
- SLIPAWAY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FADE, most used first.
- Lose color - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Grow dim - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose brightness - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Disappear gradually - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Dim - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Diminish - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose luster - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Become dim - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose strength - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Wane - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Gradually lose color - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dwindle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose star status - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Vanish. - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
- Wither - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Become indistinct - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Become less bright - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Grow paler - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Languish. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Slowly disappear - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Evanesce - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Get lighter - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Lose intensity - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Flow slowly - SEEP, used 90 times
- Leak slowly - SEEP, used 87 times
- Drinks slowly - SIPS, used 70 times
- Leak slowly - OOZE, used 57 times
- Move slowly - INCH, used 57 times
- Flow slowly - OOZE, used 45 times
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