Light that goes up when things are going down? Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Light that goes up when things are going down? featured in New York Times puzzle on October 18, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FLARE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FLARE Light that goes up when things are going down? (5) New York Times Oct 18, 2025
7% SUN Light up? (3) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
7% EBBS Goes down (4) New York Times Sep 23, 2025
7% ROTOR Blade goes up and down (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 16, 2025
7% CUD It goes down and comes back up (3) The Atlantic Sep 11, 2025
7% SETS Goes down (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 25, 2025
6% FAILS Goes belly up (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 17, 2025
6% AGA Military ruler going up and down (3) (3) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Oct 11, 2025
6% GOES "When the sun ___ down" (4)
6% DESCEND Go down (7) Commuter Oct 6, 2025

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