| Gradually decrease |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jun 2026 |
| Lessen |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2026 |
| Become weaker |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2026 |
| Get gradually dimmer |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2026 |
| Taper off |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2026 |
| Become smaller (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Oct 2025 |
| We hear Rooney to decline in power (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Decrease in power (4) |
Puzzler |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Decrease |
USA Today Quick |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Taper off |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Dwindle |
Universal |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Fade with a last crestfallen goodbye (4) |
|
|
| Decrease in brilliance (4) |
|
|
| Decline to wean anew (4) |
|
|
| Decline of pale egghead (4) |
|
|
| Decrease |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Appear smaller, as the moon |
Universal |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Head down |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Become less bright, as the moon (anagram of "anew") |
|
|
| Ebb or dwindle (4) |
|
|
| Fall off |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2025 |
| No longer wax |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Fade away |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Wax and ___ |
|
|
| Diminish |
Commuter |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Wax off? |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2025 |
| (Of the moon) decrease in apparent size |
The Times Concise |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Dwindle (4) |
Puzzler |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Shrink, like the moon |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Dwindle |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Sounds like he is on the decline (4) |
|
|
| Dwindle in size |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Get smaller, like the Moon |
|
|
| Actor John, it's said, in decline (4) |
|
|
| Draw to a close (anagram of "anew") |
|
|
| Dwindle |
Universal |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Gradually dwindle |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Diminish over time |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Grow faint |
Commuter |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Taper off |
Universal |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Dwindle |
Universal |
03 Nov 2024 |
| To decline in brightness |
|
|
| Rooney we hear to decline in power |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Fade |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Sep 2024 |
| What full moons gradually do |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Decline a new arrangement(4) |
|
|
| Decrease in size |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Lessen gradually |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Dwindle |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Diminish, as the moon may |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Fade away |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Seem to get smaller, as the moon |
|
|
| Diminish gradually |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Wax and ___ (get larger and smaller) |
|
|
| Western Australia, at this point, shows a decline (4) |
|
|
| Get smaller, as the moon |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Wax and ___ (grow and shrink in size, like the moon) |
|
|
| Taper off |
Newsday |
22 May 2024 |
| Fade |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2024 |
| 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 |
|
|
| Grow smaller, like the moon |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Decline |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Abate |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Draw to a close (anagram of "anew") |
|
|
| Consume by fire now spate's subsided (4,4) |
|
|
| Taper off |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Subside |
Commuter |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Diminish |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Fade slowly |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Become less brilliant |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Become weaker |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2023 |
| Diminish |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Fade |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2022 |
| Get smaller, as the moon |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Fade slowly |
|
|
| Die out |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Wax's opposite |
Universal |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Subside |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Begin to fade or grow less powerful |
Family Time |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Anew (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Flow back |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Lessen in power |
New York Times |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Die down |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Drop off |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Gradually decrease |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Subside |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Dissipate |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Decline |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Fade slowly (sounds like "mane") |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Go downhill |
|
|
| Gradually decrease |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Go down, in a way |
|
|
| Stop waxing, say |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Taper off |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Lose zip |
|
|
| Go downhill, in a way |
|
|
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| Get smaller gradually |
|
|
| Grow less visible, as the moon |
|
|
| Lose impact |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| A new way to decline |
|
|
| Taper off |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Mar 2017 |
| Ebb |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Wind down |
|
|
| Go down |
|
|
| Opposite of wax |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Become less intense |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Start to go out |
|
|
| Decrease in intensity |
|
|
| Wax's opposite |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Wax's opposite |
|
|
| Diminish slowly |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Decline |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Subside |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Become less full, as the moon |
New York Times |
29 Feb 2016 |
| Taper off |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Diminish gradually |
|
|
| Lose intensity |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Be on the way out |
|
|
| 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 |
| Decline, as in popularity |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Wind down |
|
|
| Wind down |
|
|
| Gradually decrease |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Lose strength |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| We hear farm wagon lose power |
|
|
| Rooney reportedly in decline |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Draw to an end |
|
|
| Lose strength |
|
|
| Decrease gradually |
|
|
| Lose brilliance |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| Diminish slowly |
|
|
| Grow dim |
|
|
| Decrease gradually |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Fade |
|
|
| Lose oomph |
|
|
| Diminish slowly |
|
|
| Gradually decline |
|
|
| Decrease, as the moon |
|
|
| Decrease in intensity |
|
|
| Shrink, as the moon |
|
|
| Abate |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Dwindle down |
|
|
| Lessen |
|
|
| Wax partner |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Wax partner |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Gradually decline |
|
|
| Tail off |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Fade away |
|
|
| Tail off |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Lose energy |
|
|
| Become less bright, as the moon |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Shrink, as the visible part of the moon |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Decrease gradually |
|
|
| Abate |
|
|
| What moons do after full moons |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Flag |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Abate |
|
|
| Decrease in strength |
|
|
| Decrease in intensity |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Decrease, as the moon |
|
|
| Opposite of wax |
|
|
| Lose intensity |
|
|
| Period of gradual decline |
|
|
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Decline gradually |
|
|
| Decrease gradually |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Flag |
|
|
| Grow dim |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Grow dim |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Fade away |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Grow smaller |
|
|
| Slack off |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Ease off |
|
|
| Grow smaller |
|
|
| Slack off |
|
|
| Slack off |
|
|
| Lose force |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Fade away |
|
|
| Recede |
|
|
| Lose strength |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| Lose power |
|
|
| Wind down |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Grow faint |
|
|
| Gradual decline |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Grow faint |
|
|
| Get smaller |
|
|
| Subside |
|
|
| Wax's counterpart |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Post-full moon occurrence |
|
|
| Decline in power |
|
|
| Post-full moon occurrence |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Lose power |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Ease off |
|
|
| Die down |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Be on the way out |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Wind down |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Lose intensity |
|
|
| Decline |
|
|
| Go down |
|
|
| Lose power |
|
|
| Dwindle down |
|
|
| Fade away |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Drop off |
|
|
| Languish |
|
|
| Fall off |
|
|
| Fade away |
|
|
| Wax counterpart |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Wind down |
|
|
| Taper off |
|
|
| Go downhill |
|
|
| Lose influence |
|
|
| Contract |
|
|
| Grow faint |
|
|
| Ebb |
|
|
| Diminish gradually |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Go downhill |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Wax's opposite |
|
|
| Opposite of wax |
|
|
| Tail off |
|
|
| Dwindle |
|
|
| Wax's opposite |
|
|
| See 43 across |
|
|
| Peter out |
|
|
| Alternative to wax |
|
|
| Decrease |
|
|
| Wax antonym |
|
|
| Opposite of wax |
|
|
| Antithesis of wax |
|
|
| Abate |
|
|
| Slack off |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Draw to a close |
|
|
| Diminish |
|
|
| Begin to fade |
|
|
| Alternative to wax |
|
|
| Ebb. |
|
|
| Dwindle. |
|
|
| Taper off. |
|
|
| Grow dim. |
|
|
| Subside. |
|
|
| Lose power. |
|
|
| Decline. |
|
|
| Diminish. |
|
|
| Grow faint. |
|
|
| Relative of wax. |
|
|
| Grow smaller. |
|
|
| Decrease. |
|
|
| Fade. |
|
|
| Decline in power. |
|
|
| Lessen. |
|
|
| Opposite of wax. |
|
|
| Draw to a close. |
|
|
| Fall from power. |
|
|
| Recede |
|
|
| Pull back |
|
|
| Fall-off |
|
|