Someone or something reducing the severity of a situation Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Someone or something reducing the severity of a situation last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MITIGATOR.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MITIGATOR Someone or something reducing the severity of a situation (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 23, 2022
3% DROP Reduce (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 6, 2026
3% HARSH Severe (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 3, 2026
3% LIE Be situated (3) Puzzler Backwords Dec 26, 2025
3% PARE Reduce (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
2% SCARE Spook someone (5)
2% NIGHTMARE Picked up chess piece, and something resembling it, in difficult situation (9) The Times Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
2% CUT Sever (3) (3) Mirror Quick Jan 5, 2026
2% DILEMMA No-win situation (7) Newsday Jan 3, 2026
2% DEMOTE Reduce in rank (6) Newsday Dec 31, 2025

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