Tone down Crossword Clue

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Tone down Crossword Answer

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SUBDUE

(6 letters)

EASE

(4 letters)

ABATE

(5 letters)

BLUE

(4 letters)

MUTE

(4 letters)

LESSEN

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. lessen in force or effect
2. make less severe or harsh

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down
TONE (noun)
1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
2. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
TONE (verb)
1. give a healthy elasticity to
2. vary the pitch of one’s speech

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SUBDUE
(6 letters)
EASE
(4 letters)
ABATE
(5 letters)
BLUE
(4 letters)
MUTE
(4 letters)
LESSEN
(6 letters)

More The Sun 2-Speed Crossword (9/11/2026) Answers

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Down

1. Meat and vegetables on a skewer

2. Scold

3. Abominable snowmen

4. Internet site providing links to other sites

5. Shoemaker

6. Possessor

7. Contemplated

12. Flee

13. Part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory

15. Person who grows grapes and makes wine

16. Member of group in southern US descended from the French

18. Group of twelve (or thirteen for a baker)

20. Fruit, in Greek mythology, that induces forgetfulness

21. Lower edges of a roof

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