| Pale, exhausted, drained, diminished |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jul 2026 |
| (Of the moon) appeared to decrease in size |
The Times Concise |
08 Jul 2026 |
| Ebbed |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Decreased gradually |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2026 |
| Decreased in size, as the moon |
New York Times Mini |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Gradually diminished |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Grew dimmer over time |
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| Got smaller, like the moon |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Declined in intensity |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 May 2025 |
| Wanted to leave the t out of "abated" (5) |
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| The pale little chap weakened (5) |
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| Declined in power |
Commuter |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Abated |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Abated |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Dwindled |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Diminished |
LA Times Mini |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Gradually decreased (5) |
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| Ebbed |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Wayne lost heart, with first delivery declined (5) |
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| Gradually got smaller |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Diminished |
Universal |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Slowly declined |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Diminished especially moon |
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| Became smaller, as the moon |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 May 2024 |
| Diminished |
Universal |
15 May 2024 |
| Went from full to crescent |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Gradually decreased, and we had to adjust to it (5) |
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| Faded, as lunar visibility |
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| Diminished |
Commuter |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Became less visible, in a lunar way |
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| Didn't ebb |
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| Shrank from the break of a new day (5) |
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| Became less bright |
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| Grew dimmer |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2023 |
| Declined in power |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Receded |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Gradually diminished |
USA Today |
20 May 2023 |
| Faded away |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Subsided |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Diminished |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2023 |
| Fell off |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Went from full to gibbous |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Tapered off |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Diminished |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Didn't wax, say |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2022 |
| Dwindled |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Decreased gradually |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Fell off |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Lost strength |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Ebbed |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Grew dimmer |
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| Grew dimmer |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Diminished over time |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Ecstasy taken by Rod lost its effect |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Fell off |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Dwindled |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Oct 2020 |
| Waxed and ___ (grew stronger and weaker like the moon) |
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| Ecstasy seen in something magical is diminished |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 May 2020 |
| Ebbed |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2020 |
| Declined |
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| Declined |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Fell |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Lost strength |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Diminished |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Dwindled |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2019 |
| Dwindled |
|
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| Grew weaker |
USA Today |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Lost strength |
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| Grew weaker |
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| Dwindled |
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| Ebbed |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Faded away |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Pale little man declined |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Grew dimmer |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Subsided |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Grew dimmer |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2018 |
| Faded away |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Grew dimmer |
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| Didn't wax |
Universal |
12 May 2017 |
| Subsided |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Subsided |
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| Declined |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2017 |
| Didn't wax |
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| Subsided |
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| Ebbed; declined |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Nov 2016 |
| Abated |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Nov 2015 |
| Died down |
Premier Sunday |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Tapered off |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Tapered off |
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| Subsided |
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| Died down |
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| Lessened |
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| Fell off |
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| Wound down |
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| Ebbed |
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| Tapered off |
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| Declined |
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| Declined |
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| Grew weaker |
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| Diminished |
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| Dwindled |
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| Dropped off |
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| Approached third quarter, say |
|
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| Decreased gradually |
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| Ebbed |
|
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| Lost strength |
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| Abated |
|
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| Lost power |
|
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| Lost strength |
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| Decreased |
|
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| Declined |
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| Dwindled |
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| Weakened |
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| Diminished over time |
|
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| Petered out |
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| Dwindled |
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| Let up |
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| Weakened |
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| Declined in power |
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| Gradually declined |
|
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| Drawn back |
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| Declined in power |
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| Declined |
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| Didn't wax |
|
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| Fell off |
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| Decreased |
|
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| Lost strength |
|
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| Fell off |
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| Decreased |
|
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| Opposite of waxed |
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| Was on the ebb |
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| Receded |
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| Dropped off |
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| Grew dimmer |
|
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| Backed off |
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| Dwindled |
|
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| Decreased in intensity |
|
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| Became smaller |
|
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| Abated |
|
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| Decreased in intensity |
|
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| Ebbed |
|
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| Petered out |
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| Subsided |
|
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| Got smaller |
|
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| Fell off |
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| Fell off |
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| Subsided |
|
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| Ebbed |
|
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| Grew faint |
|
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| Dwindled |
|
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| Died down |
|
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| Ebbed |
|
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| Tapered off |
|
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| Fell off |
|
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| Went down |
|
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| Faded away |
|
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| Drew to a close |
|
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| Abated |
|
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| Diminished |
|
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| Died down |
|
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| Subsided |
|
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| Let up |
|
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| Lost popularity |
|
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| Flagged |
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| Tapered off |
|
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| Opposite of waxed |
|
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| Fell off |
|
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| Diminished over time, as the moon |
|
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| Lessened |
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| Let up |
|
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| Dwindled |
|
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| Declined |
|
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| Lost strength |
|
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| Fell |
|
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| Approached extinction |
|
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| Receded |
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| Diminished |
|
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| Faded |
|
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| Petered out |
|
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| Abated |
|
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| Decreased in strength |
|
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| Lessened |
|
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| Lost force |
|
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| Passed the peak |
|
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| Approached an end |
|
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| Neared an end |
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| Drew to a close. |
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| Tapered off |
|
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| Declined in power |
|
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| Was on the downgrade. |
|
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| Declined. |
|
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| Fell off |
|
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| Dwindled. |
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| Dimmed. |
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| Subsided. |
|
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| Receded. |
|
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| Decreased. |
|
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| Grew dim. |
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| Diminished. |
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| Lost power. |
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| Approached the end. |
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