| Lose crispiness with frequent use (6) |
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| Mitigate, tone down (6) |
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| Relent and wiggle one's foot into (6) |
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| Relent(6) |
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| Take the edge off |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Cushion sags at the back again and again |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Start melting sugar first, frequently (6) |
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| Diminish society frequently (6) |
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| Reduce the volume of various notes with a loud interruption (6) |
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| Become less firm |
Universal |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Frequently needing the head of state to tone things down (6) |
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| Point frequently and it will reduce the hardness (6) |
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| Assuage a number thus loudly to begin with (6) |
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| With the little son, frequently relent (6) |
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| The head of staff frequently will relent (6) |
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| Tone down a point frequently (6) |
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| Make more malleable |
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| When there's sun, habitually will thaw (6) |
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| Tenderize |
Commuter |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Cushion beginning to sag regularly (6) |
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| Relent |
The Sun Mini |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Temper succeeded time after time |
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| Tenderise |
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| Remove the lime from the water and decrease the volume (6) |
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| Melt, as butter |
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| Make less harsh sibilant frequently (6) |
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| Make milder (6) |
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| Make malleable |
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| Reduce the volume frequently after the start of the show (6) |
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| Make malleable (6) |
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| Seconds regularly relent (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Make or become gentler (6) |
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| Mollify skinhead frequently (6) |
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| Son frequently shows temper |
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| Cushion |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2023 |
| With such regularity, Oscar's lost temper |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Become less firm |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Make less impactful |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Icebergs, ultimately, repeatedly melt |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Perfectionists dismiss priciest cushion |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Get mushy |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Cushion, as a blow |
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| Tone down |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Give in a bit |
The Washington Post |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Give in a bit |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Start to melt |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Cushion, with pins removed, spins over and over |
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| Tone down regularly after seconds |
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| At the end, drugs frequently mollify |
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| Moderate |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Cushion the wet cleric's feet |
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| Mellow |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Mellow |
The Washington Post |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Temper that kicks off somewhat frequently |
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| Moderate, generally after start of summer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Become gentle, beginning to soothe frequently |
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| Tone down |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Cushion frequently seen under bottom of missus |
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| Cushion, as a blow |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Seconds regularly relent |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Alleviate |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Mellow |
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| Mitigate |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2017 |
| Use lanolin on, say |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Tenderize |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Moderate son getting a great deal |
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| Frequently suppressed by son's temper |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Use lanolin on, say |
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| Subdue back of class at frequent intervals |
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| Tone down |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2016 |
| Relent |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Oct 2016 |
| Start to give in |
Universal |
27 Aug 2016 |
| Ease |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Temper beginning to show again and again |
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| Ease |
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| Relent |
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| Tone down |
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| Cushion, as a blow |
Universal |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Temper beginning to show frequently |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Subdue back of class at frequent intervals |
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| Use saddle soap on |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2015 |
| Appease old Bob frequently |
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| Cushion, as a blow |
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| Use saddle soap on |
|
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| Yield to success usually |
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| Quiet |
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| Use an emollient on |
|
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| Start to give in |
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| Give in somewhat |
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| Give in a bit |
|
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| Give in somewhat |
|
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| Tone down |
|
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| Moderate |
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| Alleviate |
|
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| Give in a bit |
|
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| Tenderize |
|
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| Start to melt |
|
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| Stop insisting |
|
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| Start to give way |
|
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| Start to melt |
|
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| Start to melt |
|
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| Start to melt |
|
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| Relent |
|
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| Grow less adamant |
|
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| Ease |
|
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| Alleviate |
|
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| Reduce the mineral content of, as water |
|
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| Reduce the mineral content of, as water |
|
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| Mellow |
|
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| Cushion |
|
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| Get mushy |
|
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| Cushion |
|
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| Tone down |
|
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| Start to give in |
|
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| Ease |
|
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| Tone down |
|
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| Alleviate |
|
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| Alleviate |
|
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| Use saddle soap on, say |
|
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| Cushion |
|
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| Tone down |
|
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| Tenderize |
|
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| Temper |
|
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| Cushion, as a blow |
|
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| Grow less adamant |
|
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| Mollify |
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| Melt |
|
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| To ____ rocks or bend . . . |
|
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| Mellow |
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| Mitigate |
|
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| Soothe |
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| Mitigate |
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| Melt |
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| Ease |
|
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| Relent |
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| Alleviate |
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| Assuage. |
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| Become less harsh. |
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| Tone down. |
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| Mollify. |
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