Loses speed
The crossword clue "Loses speed" is answered by SLOWS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. 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
SLOWS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOWS answer page.
Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLOWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLOWS, most used first.
- Decelerates - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Brakes - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Taps the brakes - 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.
- At full speed - AMAIN, used 76 times
- Loses it - SNAPS, used 59 times
- Loses color - PALES, used 56 times
- Loses traction - SKIDS, used 44 times
- Loses color - FADES, used 41 times
- Musical speed - TEMPO, used 40 times
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