Slender candle
The crossword clue "Slender candle" is answered by TAPER, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAPER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAPER answer page.
Used 29 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Get to the point? - used 21 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.
- Slender woodwinds - OBOES, used 25 times
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