Recede
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 21 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 4 Jun 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Monday, 31 May 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Thursday, 20 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 13 Mar 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 9 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 5 Jan 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 2 Jan 2021
  • USA Today - Saturday, 21 Nov 2020
  • The Sun Cryptic - Thursday, 5 Nov 2020

Crossword Answers

3 letters

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

4 letters

WANE
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

LOSE
Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

5 letters

ABATE
Make less active or intense

6 letters

RETIRE
Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

DECREE
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

7 letters

EBBAWAY
Flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

RETREAT
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

DECLINE
Change toward something smaller or lower

SUBSIDE
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

DROPOFF
Get worse; "My grades are slipping"

8 letters

FALLBACK
Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

DRAWBACK
Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

MOVEBACK
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

PULLAWAY
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

PULLBACK
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

WITHDRAW
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

DIMINISH
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

10 letters

FALLBEHIND
Retreat