Abatement

The answer

LETUP

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 4 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.

• SUBSIDENCE (3 uses in xd)
• EASING (2 uses in xd)
• EBB (1 uses in xd)
• LULL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LETUP

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

• Abate - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Slacken - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Pause - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ease - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Ease off - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Abate, as rainfall - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Relax - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Relent - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Slow down, as rainfall - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Back off - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stop pushing so hard - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Subside - 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.

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• "___ luck!" - LOTSA, used 183 times
• Rodeo rope - LASSO, used 177 times
• Suspicious - LEERY, used 173 times
• Endures - LASTS, used 153 times
• Reluctant - LOATH, used 139 times

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