Diminish gradually
The crossword clue "Diminish gradually" is answered by TAPER, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TAPER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAPER answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 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.
- PETEROUT (2 uses in xd)
- DWINDLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAPER
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAPER, most used first.
- Become narrower - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to a point - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Candle - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- Slender candle - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Get to the point? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Narrow candle - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Get narrower - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to the point? - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Gradually narrow - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Narrow - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Grow narrower - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Thin candle - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Narrow gradually - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Acuminate - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
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.
- Diminish - ABATE, used 113 times
- Gradually wear away - ERODE, used 18 times
- Wear away gradually - ERODE, used 18 times
- Destroy gradually - ERODE, used 17 times
- Diminish by degrees - ERODE, used 16 times
- Diminish in intensity - ABATE, used 14 times
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