__ down; loses weight
The crossword clue "__ down; loses weight" is answered by SLIMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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SLIMS
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Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLIMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLIMS, most used first.
- Slenderizes - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Loses weight - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Loses weight, with "down" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pares down - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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