Brings down

The answer

FELLS

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 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.

• LOWERS (12 uses in xd)
• RAZES (6 uses in xd)
• ABASES (5 uses in xd)
• SADDENS (4 uses in xd)
• REDUCES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for FELLS

Every other clue in this collection answered by FELLS, most used first.

• Chops down - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Cuts down - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Cuts down, as a tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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
• Brings up - REARS, used 173 times
• Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
• Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
• Die down - ABATE, used 82 times

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