Detach gradually
The crossword clue "Detach gradually" is answered by WEAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2001. 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
WEAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEAN answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WEAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by WEAN, most used first.
- Withdraw gradually - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Gradually withdraw - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraw by degrees - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Disaccustom - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraw - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Help to withdraw - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Withdraw (from) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Disaccustom by degrees - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Gradually ease off - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cut off gradually - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Detach, as from a habit - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Disappear gradually - FADE, used 16 times
- Decrease gradually - WANE, used 15 times
- Move gradually - EDGE, used 13 times
- Gradually lose color - FADE, used 9 times
- Reduce gradually. - PARE, used 8 times
- Gradually recedes - EBBS, used 7 times
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