Decline |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Apr 2024 |
Wax counterpart |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2024 |
Lose power |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2024 |
Rooney's caught Peter out |
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Grow smaller, like the moon |
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Decrease gradually |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
Decrease |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2024 |
Wax's counterpart |
Universal |
07 Jan 2024 |
Taper off pale on end of fence (4) |
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Decline |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Dec 2023 |
Abate |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2023 |
Draw to a close (anagram of "anew") |
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Consume by fire now spate's subsided (4,4) |
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Taper off |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
Subside |
Commuter |
07 Dec 2023 |
Diminish |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2023 |
Fade slowly |
|
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Taper off |
New York Times |
18 Sep 2023 |
Decline |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2023 |
Opposite of wax |
Universal |
04 Aug 2023 |
Decrease gradually |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2023 |
Taper off |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2023 |
Ebb |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2023 |
Become less full, as the moon |
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Fade away |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2023 |
Decline in cycling once again |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Jun 2023 |
Decrease gradually |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2023 |
Dwindle, as the moon |
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Become less brilliant |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2023 |
Become weaker |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2023 |
Diminish |
Canadiana |
20 Mar 2023 |
Diminish |
Universal |
04 Feb 2023 |
Ebb |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2023 |
Wax's opposite |
Universal |
12 Jan 2023 |
Opposite of wax |
Universal |
17 Dec 2022 |
Diminish |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Oct 2022 |
Lose intensity |
Family Time |
23 Oct 2022 |
Dwindle |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2022 |
Diminish |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Sep 2022 |
Lose power |
Family Time |
11 Sep 2022 |
Diminish |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2022 |
Subside |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2022 |
Diminish |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2022 |
Diminish gradually |
Family Time |
24 Jul 2022 |
Gradually become smaller |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2022 |
Fade |
The Washington Post |
07 May 2022 |
Fade |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2022 |
Get smaller, as the moon |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2022 |
Draw to a close |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2022 |
Draw to a close |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2022 |
Dwindle |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2021 |
Begin to drop off in intensity or power |
Family Time |
06 Dec 2021 |
Fade slowly |
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Fade slowly |
|
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Die out |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2021 |
Wax's opposite |
Universal |
02 Oct 2021 |
Draw to a close |
|
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Diminish |
Universal |
11 Sep 2021 |
Become progressively smaller |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2021 |
Decrease gradually |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2021 |
Diminish |
Universal |
26 May 2021 |
Become weaker |
The Guardian Speedy |
02 May 2021 |
Decrease in power |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2021 |
Fade away |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2021 |
A full moon will do this |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2021 |
Lessen in intensity |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2021 |
Subside |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2021 |
Subside |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2021 |
Dwindle |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2021 |
Dwindle |
Universal |
19 Jan 2021 |
Decrease in size |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Dec 2020 |
Decline |
Universal |
19 Nov 2020 |
Decline, in influence |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Sep 2020 |
Become weaker |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Sep 2020 |
Wax off? |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2020 |
Ebb |
Universal |
10 Sep 2020 |
Ebb |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2020 |
Ebb |
The Washington Post |
09 Sep 2020 |
Begin to fade or grow less powerful |
Family Time |
23 Aug 2020 |
Anew (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jun 2020 |
Lessen in power |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2020 |
Flow back |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2020 |
Fade away |
Newsday |
15 May 2020 |
Subside; lessen |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2020 |
Fall off |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2020 |
Die down |
The Washington Post |
27 Feb 2020 |
Die down |
LA Times Daily |
27 Feb 2020 |
Wind down |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2019 |
Lose oomph |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2019 |
Diminish |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2019 |
Go downhill |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2019 |
Become weaker |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2019 |
Drop off |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2019 |
Drop off |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2019 |
Gradually decrease |
The Washington Post |
24 Aug 2019 |
Gradually decrease |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2019 |
Lose power |
Premier Sunday |
18 Aug 2019 |
Stop waxing, say |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2019 |
Gradual decline, of the moon say |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Jun 2019 |
Subside |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2019 |
Dissipate |
Canadiana |
03 Jun 2019 |
Lessen |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2019 |
Diminish |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2019 |
Go down, in a way |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2019 |
Batman, secretly disheartened, to decline in power |
|
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Decline |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2019 |
Decline |
The Washington Post |
20 Jan 2019 |
Fade slowly (sounds like "mane") |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Go downhill |
|
|
Stop waxing, say |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Gradually decrease |
|
|
Go down, in a way |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Dwindle |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2018 |
Lose zip |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2018 |
Only some saw an evident decline |
|
|
Get smaller gradually |
Universal |
16 Oct 2018 |
Taper off |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2018 |
Taper off |
The Washington Post |
07 Aug 2018 |
Draw to a close |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2018 |
Drop off, as floodwaters |
Family Time |
23 Jul 2018 |
Grow weaker, as rain |
Family Time |
22 Jul 2018 |
Decline |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2018 |
Decline |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2018 |
Go downhill, in a way |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2018 |
Grow less visible, as the moon |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2018 |
Lose impact |
The Washington Post |
08 Jun 2018 |
Lose impact |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2018 |
Decline |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Apr 2018 |
Wax and -- |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jan 2018 |
Diminish slowly |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2018 |
Get smaller gradually |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Lose zip |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Grow less visible, as the moon |
|
|
Go downhill, in a way |
|
|
Draw to a close |
|
|
Lose impact |
|
|
Taper off |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2017 |
Become less intense |
Universal |
14 Dec 2017 |
Start to go out |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2017 |
Ebb |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2017 |
Wax's opposite |
Universal |
09 Nov 2017 |
Become less important |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2017 |
Decrease gradually, like the visible part of the moon |
|
|
Peter out |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2017 |
Decrease in intensity |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2017 |
Decrease in intensity |
The Washington Post |
26 Sep 2017 |
Lose intensity |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2017 |
Go down |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2017 |
Opposite of wax |
Universal |
09 Sep 2017 |
Grow dim |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2017 |
Wax's opposite |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2017 |
Lose power |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2017 |
Words are not enough from leaders in decline |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Apr 2017 |
A new way to decline |
|
|
Taper off |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Mar 2017 |
Ebb |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2017 |
Wind down |
The Washington Post |
17 Jan 2017 |
Wax's opposite |
|
|
Go down |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Decrease in intensity |
|
|
Wax's opposite |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
Become less intense |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Opposite of wax |
|
|
Start to go out |
|
|
Diminish slowly |
The Washington Post |
16 Dec 2016 |
Diminish |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2016 |
Decline |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2016 |
Subside |
Canadiana |
24 Oct 2016 |
Lose intensity |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2016 |
Grow dimmer |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2016 |
Be on the way out |
Universal |
13 Oct 2016 |
Dim |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2016 |
Ebb |
Canadiana |
29 Aug 2016 |
Western star said to be in decline |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Aug 2016 |
Fall off |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2016 |
Taper off |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2016 |
Diminish gradually |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2016 |
Decrease |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2016 |
Lose oomph |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2016 |
Become less full, as the moon |
New York Times |
29 Feb 2016 |
Taper off |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 Jan 2016 |
Taper off |
|
|
Be on the way out |
|
|
Diminish gradually |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Lose intensity |
|
|
Gradually decrease |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2015 |
Lose strength |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2015 |
Wind down |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2015 |
Subside |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2015 |
Decline, as in popularity |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2015 |
Die down |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2015 |
Wind down |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2015 |
Opposite of wax |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Jan 2015 |
Peter out |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2015 |
Peter out |
|
|
Lose strength |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Wind down |
|
|
Gradually decrease |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Wind down |
|
|
Decline, as in popularity |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
We hear farm wagon lose power |
|
|
Rooney reportedly in decline |
|
|
Decrease gradually |
|
|
Lose strength |
|
|
Draw to an end |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Diminish slowly |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Lose brilliance |
|
|
Fade |
|
|
Diminish slowly |
|
|
Gradually decline |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Lose oomph |
|
|
Decrease, as the moon |
|
|
Shrink, as the moon |
|
|
Abate |
|
|
Decrease in intensity |
|
|
Grow dim |
|
|
Decrease gradually |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
Lessen |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Gradually decline |
|
|
Wax partner |
|
|
Dwindle down |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Wax partner |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Tail off |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Tail off |
|
|
What moons do after full moons |
|
|
Abate |
|
|
Decrease gradually |
|
|
Become less bright, as the moon |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
Lose energy |
|
|
Shrink, as the visible part of the moon |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Abate |
|
|
Decrease in strength |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Flag |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
Period of gradual decline |
|
|
Decrease, as the moon |
|
|
Decrease in intensity |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Opposite of wax |
|
|
Lose intensity |
|
|
Flag |
|
|
Decrease gradually |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Grow dim |
|
|
Decline gradually |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Draw to a close |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Grow dim |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Ease off |
|
|
Grow smaller |
|
|
Grow smaller |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Slack off |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Slack off |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Grow faint |
|
|
Grow faint |
|
|
Lose power |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
Lose strength |
|
|
Recede |
|
|
Lose force |
|
|
Gradual decline |
|
|
Wax's counterpart |
|
|
Slack off |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
Get smaller |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Wind down |
|
|
Decline in power |
|
|
Lose power |
|
|
Post-full moon occurrence |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
Post-full moon occurrence |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Die down |
|
|
Ease off |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Be on the way out |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Go down |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Decline |
|
|
Lose intensity |
|
|
Wind down |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Draw to a close |
|
|
Draw to a close |
|
|
Dwindle down |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Lose power |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Wax counterpart |
|
|
Drop off |
|
|
Languish |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Fall off |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Go downhill |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Taper off |
|
|
Wind down |
|
|
Contract |
|
|
Grow faint |
|
|
Lose influence |
|
|
Ebb |
|
|
Wax's opposite |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Go downhill |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
Diminish gradually |
|
|
Opposite of wax |
|
|
Wax's opposite |
|
|
Dwindle |
|
|
Tail off |
|
|
Peter out |
|
|
See 43 across |
|
|
Alternative to wax |
|
|
Decrease |
|
|
Wax antonym |
|
|
Opposite of wax |
|
|
Antithesis of wax |
|
|
Slack off |
|
|
Abate |
|
|
Fade away |
|
|
Anagram for anew |
|
|
Subside |
|
|
Become less brilliant |
|
|
Recede |
|
|
Lose force |
|
|
Pass one's heyday |
|
|
Approach an end |
|
|
Wax's partner |
|
|
Fall in power |
|
|
Decrease. |
|
|
Lessen. |
|
|
Fade. |
|
|
Diminish. |
|
|
Decline. |
|
|
Grow smaller. |
|
|
Grow faint. |
|
|
Lose power. |
|
|
Relative of wax. |
|
|
Subside. |
|
|
Grow dim. |
|
|
Dwindle. |
|
|
Taper off. |
|
|
Ebb. |
|
|
Decline in power. |
|
|
Opposite of wax. |
|
|
Draw to a close. |
|
|
Fall from power. |
|
|
Alternative to wax |
|
|
Recede |
|
|
Pull back |
|
|
Fall-off |
|
|
Draw to a close |
|
|
Diminish |
|
|
Begin to fade |
|
|