Taper off Crossword Clue

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Taper off Crossword Answer

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DECLINE

(7 letters)

WANE

(4 letters)

EBB

(3 letters)

DWINDLE

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. become less in amount or intensity
2. make less active or intense

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state
TAPER (noun)
1. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
2. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
TAPER (verb)
1. give a point to
2. diminish gradually

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DECLINE
(7 letters)
WANE
(4 letters)
EBB
(3 letters)
DWINDLE
(7 letters)

More Newsday Crossword (10/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fit well together

5. Narrow shoal

9. Adapter designation

13. '70s tennis star

14. Bear up in the air

15. Sushi selections

17. Defeat forcefully

19. Secondary celebs

20. Asp, for instance

21. Confidential talk

23. Competitively red-hot

25. Eightfold

26. Barely visible

27. Roundup accessory

29. Bagpipe, e.g.

30. Start to tire

31. Write on glass, perhaps

32. Roundup gatherings

33. Leveled off

36. Old money in Munich

39. Old-style "dudes"

40. Dungeons & Dragons, for short

43. Have status

46. Portrayed

47. Gallery offering

49. "The Caruso of Rock"

51. Iconic western hero

53. Split evenly

54. Middlemarch author

55. "Bagged" alternate title for the puzzle: 2 wds.

57. Da Vinci Code director, as a kid

58. Sort of shortening

59. Big name in lithography

60. Applications

61. First responders

62. Chicago star

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Down

1. Animals in athletics

2. Land south of Helsinki

3. Ball of wax

4. Exuberant

5. Prefix for name

6. Draw out

7. Speck on a globe

8. Rice witch novel

9. Trying to get on

10. Genteel

11. River through Kyiv

12. Protected one's king

16. Cavalry collection

18. Astronaut Jemison

22. It means "earth-friendly"

24. Edmonton's loc.

28. Ancient Arabian kingdom

31. Reindeer cousin

32. Men

33. Coolant company

34. Belt or seat

35. Ride app

36. Place for junk, perhaps

37. Olympics heroine eight years after Nadia

38. Pulls off

40. Antsy

41. Would-be thief

42. Paganini, by birth

44. Robin's refreshment

45. '60s singing star

46. Finish first by a mile

48. ABA members

50. Profile, for short

52. About five pounds of letter-size

56. HMO participants

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