Lessen Crossword Clue

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Lessen Crossword Answer

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ABATE

(5 letters)

DIALDOWN

(8 letters)

ABATE

(5 letters)

SHORTEN

(7 letters)

EASE

(4 letters)

EBB

(3 letters)

REDUCE

(6 letters)

BATE

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
(verb)
1. grow smaller
2. become smaller

Hint 2: Clue Definition

LESSEN (verb)
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
2. make smaller

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ABATE
(5 letters)
DIALDOWN
(8 letters)
Abate
(5 letters)
SHORTEN
(7 letters)
EASE
(4 letters)
EBB
(3 letters)
REDUCE
(6 letters)
BATE
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ANEW

More USA Today Crossword (4/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. Apt rhyme for "meh"

5. Font the Little Mermaid might prefer

10. Father, to a baby

14. Seized auto

15. Where a skier can grab hot cocoa

16. They might clash

17. Did some snacking

20. Mailed

21. "Interview With the Vampire" author

22. The Buckeye State

25. The ___ Jones Industrial Average (stock market index)

26. ___ neutrality

27. Be indebted to the IRS, perhaps

32. Serving of butter

33. Writer Ephron

34. Some stadium toppers

38. Opposed to

40. Drug agents, for short

43. Testing phase of a video game

44. Stars of a movie

46. Flatbread served with dal

48. "U crack me up"

49. "Get out of here with that!"

53. Educational ad

56. 13-Down for a singer

57. Miffed state

58. Breaks, like a bad habit

61. Norway's capital

64. Some customer support lines whose starting digits can be heard in 17-, 27- and 49-Across

68. Digits pedicurists work on

69. Cookies with a Lemon Creme variety

70. "It's been ___ since we've hung out!"

71. Eye ailment

72. Crossword puzzle inventor Arthur

73. Rx quantity

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Down

1. Lingerie item

2. "Hey, why not?"

3. Olympic blade

4. Schmooze with VIPs

5. Ctrl ___ Del

6. Line of theater seats

7. "I have an ___ to run by you . . ."

8. Meeting outline

9. "Why" singer Annie

10. Fawns' parents

11. "Didn't we just do this?"

12. Italian for "sweet"

13. Valuable trait

18. "Boyhood" star Hawke

19. Sounded like a kitty

23. Clickable image

24. Bhindi bharta vegetable

27. Birthstone for many Libras

29. Jazz singer Jones

30. Dawdle

31. Not just cry

35. Blend together

36. College that expelled James Bond

37. NaCl

39. Altar "hell, yes"

41. Pigeon sounds

42. Leave totally amazed

45. Bundle of grain

47. "A word to the wise," e.g.

50. Limited in scope

51. Like Carl in "Up"

52. "We're in big trouble"

53. Mini golf shots

54. Nose, cutesily

55. "That's right up my ___!"

59. Otherwise

60. Word indicating a read text

62. Toy brick brand

63. Miner matters?

65. No, in French

66. Employ

67. U-turn from NNW

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