Narrows gradually
The crossword clue "Narrows gradually" is answered by TAPERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 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 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 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
- Becomes narrower - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- Develop gradually - EVOLVE, used 21 times
- Absorb gradually - OSMOSE, used 14 times
- Change gradually - EVOLVE, used 13 times
- Enter gradually - EASEIN, used 13 times
- Start gradually - EASEIN, used 7 times
- Be absorbed gradually - OSMOSE, used 6 times
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