Word "TAPER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
Synonyms:
wick

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
Synonyms:
candle, wax light

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
give a point to
Synonyms:
point, sharpen
Examples:
The candles are tapered

Crossword Clues for TAPER

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Clue Source Date
Light rock number one record put on first (5)
Gradually decrease LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2025
Narrow recorder, might you say? (5)
Become narrower (5) Mirror Quick 11 Jun 2025
Thanks for every candle (5) Mirror Cryptic 11 Jun 2025
Thanks for every slender candle (5)
Be long, thin and wicked (5)
Pater, you're crazy! Come to the point! (5)
Become progressively smaller at one end (5)
Thin candle (5) Mirror Classic 02 Jun 2025
Come to a point where the finishing line runs (5)
Become narrow Puzzler Backwords 28 May 2025
What waxed strip is used for transferring a flame? (5)
Come to a point Wall Street Journal 24 May 2025
Lit last one for each light (5)
Come to a point, as a candle Family Time 12 May 2025
Gradually narrow USA Today 29 Apr 2025
Diminish slowly in size The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Apr 2025
Grow gradually lean
Get thinner recorder (5)
Grow thinner at one end (5)
Gradually give off a feeble light (5)
Shrink, decrease
Make finer recording with Queen The Telegraph Toughie 03 Apr 2025
The light one will gradually leave off (5)
Get narrower Commuter 26 Mar 2025
To reduce gradually (5)
Narrow LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2025
___ off; diminish gradually
Get gradually narrower Newsday 12 Mar 2025
Come to a fine end (5)
Narrow and not half tall person dismissing boy The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2025
Thanks Republican turning up to make a point The Times Quick Cryptic 06 Mar 2025
Narrow candle Commuter 26 Feb 2025
Become narrower in shape The Times Concise 22 Feb 2025
Thin out - spill (5)
Does it get narrower as it burns? (5)
Come to the point? Wall Street Journal 13 Feb 2025
Become narrower Thomas Joseph 13 Feb 2025
Dwindle (down) LA Times Daily 12 Feb 2025
Narrow could be more fittin (5)
Thin waxed wick (5)
Candle for one who records? (5)
Become narrower The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Jan 2025
The recorder is light (5)
Again knock up, though there's not much light (5)
It's light and narrow
Thin gradually Newsday 02 Jan 2025
Gradually get narrower
Narrow Mirror Quick 25 Dec 2024
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 25 Dec 2024
Fishing rods usually_ towards the tip (5)
Grow narrower Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2024
Narrowing part of delta, perhaps (5)
Spill valve discovered in this place
Narrow to a point (5) Puzzler 01 Dec 2024
Exercise adopted by sailor gets to become narrow (5)
Prate about wax lighter (5)
Get narrower Commuter 07 Nov 2024
Tapered at the end (5)
A light to decrease in width (5)
Narrow part winding round bottom of staircase (5)
Gradually narrow Universal 27 Oct 2024
Come to a point Thomas Joseph 23 Oct 2024
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 23 Oct 2024
Narrow Mirror Quick 23 Oct 2024
Get narrower towards one end Puzzler Backwords 19 Oct 2024
Get thin (5) The Guardian Quick 15 Oct 2024
To come to the point, it provides a little light (5)
Get narrower Commuter 07 Oct 2024
Waxed wick for conveying flame (5)
Become more slender (5)
Knock gently with hesitation, wanting thin candle
It comes to the point where you must use the right ribbon (5)
Become thinner and lighter (5)
Gradually reduce in width The Telegraph Mini 25 Sep 2024
Come to a point at one end Puzzler Backwords 18 Sep 2024
Slender candle cigarettes
Narrow gradually USA Today 09 Sep 2024
To come to the point, it's a light accessory (5)
A thin candle (5)
Become narrow at one end: - off
Show sign of coming to the point (5)
Narrow light (5)
Prate (anag.) (5) The Guardian Quick 23 Aug 2024
Wax candle Commuter 19 Aug 2024
Narrow Mirror Quick 17 Aug 2024
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 17 Aug 2024
Get narrower towards one end (5) Puzzler 07 Aug 2024
Become thinner at one end (5)
Gradually leave off a feeble light (5)
Recorder has to come to the point
Gradually reduce manufactured part consuming energy (5)
Prate (anag.) (5) The Guardian Quick 20 Jun 2024
An obsolete term for a wax-candle (5)
Make finer hit topping Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2024
Waxed wick to go thin at the end (5)
Thin candle Mirror Classic 30 May 2024
Become narrower at one end Mirror Tea Time 28 May 2024
Light with a tendency to grow less?
Get narrower Commuter 22 May 2024
Come to a point in Atlanta, pertinently (5) Puzzler Cryptic 21 May 2024
Narrow to get a person inside (5)
A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame The Times Specialist Sunday 28 Apr 2024
Down: diminish gradually?
Candle may become narrow (5)
Get narrower in what a person believes (5)
Gradually narrow USA Today 27 Apr 2024
Exercise skirted around by Jack - get to the point!
Gradually lessen in thickness (5) Puzzler 25 Mar 2024
Diminish gradually, with "off" (anagram of "peart")
Become narrow Puzzler Backwords 13 Mar 2024
Become narrower Thomas Joseph 09 Mar 2024
Come to the point right after recording (5)
Get narrower Mirror Quick 28 Feb 2024
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 28 Feb 2024
Narrow Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2024
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2024
Thin candle (5) Puzzler 13 Feb 2024
Come to the point of a candle? (5)
Thin candle LA Times Daily 04 Feb 2024
Become narrow; pater (anag.) prate (anag.) (5)
Become narrower at one end Mirror Tea Time 18 Jan 2024
It's waxed right on the ribbon
Slender candle Wall Street Journal 27 Dec 2023
Become narrow The Telegraph Quick 22 Dec 2023
Exercise, cut salt to become thin (5)
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 19 Dec 2023
Narrow Mirror Quick 19 Dec 2023
Exercises in pitch gradually tail off (5)
Thanks for every candle Mirror Cryptic 16 Dec 2023
Narrow Mirror Quick 16 Dec 2023
Grow smaller at the end
Opposite of flare
Recording, right, gets to become narrower (5)
Get progressively narrower and more slender
One maybe recording hit with Queen (5)
One maybe recording hit with Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Nov 2023
Get smaller and lighter The Guardian Cryptic 06 Nov 2023
Narrow New York Times 26 Oct 2023
Prate (anag.) The Guardian Quick 16 Oct 2023
Fire-conveying strip The Times Concise 24 Aug 2023
Prate (anag) — come to the point? The Guardian Quick 07 Aug 2023
Become narrower USA Today 26 Jul 2023
Come to a point USA Today 18 Jun 2023
Become pointed LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2023
Gradually become narrower
Get gradually narrower Newsday 02 May 2023
Slender candle LA Times Daily 02 May 2023
Come to a point? New York Times 03 Apr 2023
Get progressively narrower USA Today 01 Mar 2023
Gradually narrow USA Today 26 Feb 2023
Gradually lessen Wall Street Journal 09 Feb 2023
Sailor tackles exercise to get lighter The Guardian Cryptic 26 Dec 2022
Long thin candle The Telegraph Quick 19 Dec 2022
What eyebrows' ends do Universal 13 Dec 2022
Lightly touch centre of very thin candle The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Nov 2022
Narrow to a point Universal 23 Sep 2022
Gradually narrow Newsday 11 Sep 2022
Become narrower at one end Thomas Joseph 30 Aug 2022
Narrow to a point The Times Concise 27 Aug 2022
Get to the point? LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2022
___ off (lessen gradually) USA Today 17 Jul 2022
Get thinner and lighter
Become narrower Thomas Joseph 28 May 2022
Narrow to a point Universal 17 Apr 2022
Diminish gradually, with "off" (anagram of "peart")
Narrow to a point The Washington Post 14 Feb 2022
Narrow to a point LA Times Daily 14 Feb 2022
Diminish The Guardian Quick 28 Jan 2022
Standing on stool in field, get to the point?
Become narrower Universal 25 Nov 2021
Narrow recorder?
Become narrower Universal 16 Oct 2021
Become narrower Thomas Joseph 16 Oct 2021
Get progressively narrower USA Today 19 Sep 2021
Get smaller recorder
Become narrower Eugene Sheffer 16 Jul 2021
Become narrower Thomas Joseph 21 May 2021
Get to the point? New York Times 16 May 2021
Get narrower The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2021
Narrow candle Newsday 14 Mar 2021
Come to a point Universal 05 Mar 2021
Thin candle Newsday 14 Feb 2021
Narrow New York Times 14 Feb 2021
Become slimmer to a point Family Time 31 Jan 2021
Narrow lips of tiger biting gorilla, say? The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jan 2021
Narrow gradually USA Today 17 Nov 2020
Get progressively thinner Newsday 07 Nov 2020
Gradually narrow Universal 22 Sep 2020
Narrow; spill The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2020
Wax cylinder recorder
Diminish gradually The Telegraph Quick 08 Aug 2020
Spill measure close to bar The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Aug 2020
Narrow stick originally rod
Gradually become narrower The Washington Post 12 Jul 2020
Gradually become narrower LA Times Daily 12 Jul 2020
Become narrower Eugene Sheffer 05 Jun 2020
Get progressively narrower USA Today 18 May 2020
Slim down gradually Newsday 24 Apr 2020
Haircut similar to a fade USA Today 09 Mar 2020
Get progressively narrower and slender (rhymes with "caper")
Exercises in pitch tail off The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Mar 2020
Spring, time for Charlie to become thinner?
Diminish gradually The Washington Post Sunday 16 Feb 2020
Get to the point? LA Times Daily 13 Feb 2020
Get to the point? The Washington Post 13 Feb 2020
Candle Thomas Joseph 21 Dec 2019
Make a point The Washington Post 30 Nov 2019
Make a point LA Times Daily 30 Nov 2019
Thin recorder?
Elizabethan lighting source Wall Street Journal 20 Nov 2019
Slim candle LA Times Daily 03 Nov 2019
Slender candle The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2019
Wicked thing that a person keeps The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2019
Slim candle The Washington Post 03 Nov 2019
One who records spill
Get more narrow The Telegraph Quick 17 Aug 2019
Get progressively narrower and slender
One might record hit with Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jul 2019
On VHS he recorded a spill
Narrow candle USA Today 25 Apr 2019
Icicle shape USA Today 11 Apr 2019
Waxed spill The Times Concise 13 Mar 2019
Become narrower New York Times 14 Jan 2019
Icicle shape
Slim candle
Become narrower
Get to the point?
Narrow candle
Lighter touch leads to easier relationships
Get to the point entering data, perhaps The Telegraph Toughie 18 Dec 2018
It comes to a point of hungry tiger eating monkey
Narrow The Telegraph Quick 18 Oct 2018
Candle that a person holds The Sun Two Speed 26 Jul 2018
Get thinner at one end Premier Sunday 08 Jul 2018
Narrow backing for programme already shown (though no duplication) The Telegraph Toughie 23 May 2018
Thin candle USA Today 22 May 2018
Narrow to a point The Times Concise 18 May 2018
Thanks for each firelighter
Make like a candle Universal 06 May 2018
Spill one records
Candle that a person gets hold of
___ off (dwindle) Jonesin 03 Apr 2018
Become narrower Universal 20 Feb 2018
Come to the point? Wall Street Journal 27 Jan 2018
Become narrower Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2018
Thin candle
Make like a candle
Become narrower
Become narrow The Sun Two Speed 24 Dec 2017
Spill a measure on top of refrigerator The Sun Two Speed 24 Dec 2017
Become thinner in band on run
Come to a point Newsday 01 Nov 2017
Grow gradually thinner USA Today 17 Oct 2017
Slender candle The Times Concise 03 Oct 2017
Narrow Universal 21 Sep 2017
Get narrower Premier Sunday 03 Sep 2017
Become narrower USA Today 04 Feb 2017
To narrow The Telegraph Quick 04 Jan 2017
Narrow
Become narrower
Grow gradually thinner
Get narrower toward the end Universal 08 Dec 2016
Come to a point LA Times Daily 28 Sep 2016
Get gradually narrower USA Today 13 Aug 2016
Get progressively thinner Family Time 13 Jun 2016
Become narrower The Washington Post 09 Jun 2016
Narrow gradually Newsday 05 Jun 2016
Barperson not stumped for source of light
Come to a point Family Time 20 Mar 2016
Get narrow toward the tip USA Today 07 Feb 2016
Grow narrower Universal 05 Jan 2016
Get narrower toward the end
Gradually become narrower
Get narrow toward the tip
Get gradually narrower
Grow narrower
Icicle feature Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2015
... narrow to acute point, end reduced originally The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Oct 2015
Become narrower Jonesin 10 Sep 2015
Come to the point? Universal 25 Aug 2015
Become narrow The Telegraph Quick 15 Aug 2015
''Macbeth'' prop Newsday 15 Aug 2015
Come to a point USA Today 09 May 2015
Slender candle LA Times Daily 09 Apr 2015
Thin wick The Telegraph Quick 02 Apr 2015
Gradually come to a point The Telegraph Quick 26 Mar 2015
Diminish gradually Eugene Sheffer 27 Feb 2015
Slender candle USA Today 25 Jan 2015
Gutta percha holds a candle
Gradually decrease to a point New York Times 12 Jan 2015
Come to a point
"Macbeth" prop
Trail (off)
Slender candle
Icicle feature
Gradually decrease to a point
Slender candle
Come to the point?
Slender candle
Narrow strip by river
Listen in to TV show one records
Get gradually narrower
Slender candle
Become narrow
Get to the point?
Certain candle
Fall off in a spill
Narrow strip on bit of road
Make a point?
Gradually narrow
Come to nothing?
Get to the point?
Get gradually smaller
Thin out
Become narrower
Narrow
Come to a point
Lose breadth
Lessen gradually
Come to the point?
Become thinner
Diminish, with "off"
Become thinner
Narrow gradually
Come to a point
Thin candle
Narrow down
Narrow
Candle type
Slender candle
Grow narrower
Kind of candle
Grow narrower
Subside, with "off"
Gradually narrow down
___ off (reduce gradually)
Come to the point?
Diminish gradually
Get progressively thinner
Get narrow gradually
Diminish gradually
Pre-bulb lighting, perhaps
Narrow gradually
Do some tailoring
Get narrower
Come to the point?
Candle
Gradually get narrow
Get to the point?
Narrow
Narrow
Get to the point?
Get progressively thinner
Long candle
Narrow down
Come to a point
Kind of candle
Spy, at times
Spire or obelisk, e.g.
Sound technician
Get gradually smaller
Attenuate
Get gradually smaller
Thin candle
Reduce gradually
Give a point to
Come to a head?
Dwindle down
Slender candle
Get to the point?
Slender candle
Bring to a point
Get narrow toward the tip
Get to the point?
Make a point
Get to the point?
Get to the point?
Narrow down
Get narrow toward the tip
Diminish gradually
Come to the point
Become narrower
Come to the point?
Come to a head?
Lessen gradually
Reduce gradually
Icicle quality
VCR?
Gradually narrow
VCR?
Gradually narrow
Put darts into, as a garment
Narrow
Part of a Christmas decoration
Narrow
Narrow
Come to a point
Get narrower
Candle
Slim down gradually
Wax candle
Get to the point?
Come to a point
Make a point
Diminish gradually
Diminish, with "off"
Candle
Grown narrower
Recorder at a gig
Small candle
Night light
Light source
Bring to a point
Become narrow
Candle
Make a point
Do some tailoring
Gradually diminish, with "off"
Fall (off)
Candle
Decrease gradually
Type of candle
Candle
__ off:decrease
Pre-bulb lighting
VCR
Gradually decrease, with "off"
Grow narrower
Log-cabin light
Decrease gradually
Feeble light
Acuminate
Slender candle
Slight light
Become attenuated, with "off"
Any feeble light
Wicked light?
Candelabrum insert
Candle lighter
Diminish, with "off"
Reduce gradually
Come to a point gradually
Thin candle
Small candle
What pyramids and steeples do
Lighting device
Diminish
Slacken, with "off"
Grow gradually thin
___ off (dwindle)
Reduce gradually.
Diminish (with "off").
Slender candle.
Feeble light.
Come to a point.
What cones do.
Narrow toward the end.
Lighting facility of early days.
Wax light.
Long waxed wick.
Acuminate.
Gradual decrease
Candle.
Light.
Decrease (with "off").
Light giver.
Lamp-lighter
Diminish.
Small candle.
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