Becomes narrower
The crossword clue "Becomes narrower" is answered by TAPERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TAPERS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAPERS answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TAPERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAPERS, most used first.
- Candles - used 14 times, most recently in 1997
- Comes to a point - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Narrows gradually - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Narrows - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Gets narrower - 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.
- "Mourning Becomes Electra" playwright - ONEILL, used 9 times
- Becomes established - SETSIN, used 8 times
- Becomes less intense - ABATES, used 8 times
- Becomes prevalent - SETSIN, used 8 times
- Becomes serious - SOBERS, used 8 times
- Ultimately becomes - ENDSUP, used 8 times
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