___ down (softened)
The crossword clue "___ down (softened)" is answered by TONED, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TONED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TONED answer page.
Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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 clues for TONED
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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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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