Answer: EASES
EASES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 109 times.
Referring Clues:
- Facilitates
 - Slips
 - Simplifies
 - Relieves
 - Lessens
 - Comforts
 - Softens
 - Makes simpler
 - Lightens up
 - Becomes less jammed, as traffic
 - Moves slowly and carefully
 - Greases the wheels for, say
 - Lets up
 - Smooths
 - Alleviates
 - Moves carefully
 - Moves gingerly
 - Makes more bearable
 - Allays
 - Makes tolerable
 - Lessens, as pain
 - Lightens
 - Backs off, with "up"
 - Palliates
 - Lightens, as a burden
 - Moderates
 - Uncomplicates
 - Assuages
 - Tactfully removes from a job, with "out"
 - Mollifies
 - Abates
 - Moves gently
 - Makes less difficult
 - Mitigates
 - Lessens, as a load
 - Backs off, with ''up''
 - Doesn't force
 - Makes lighter
 - Applies less pressure (with "up")
 - Dulls, as pain
 - Lightens the load
 - Smoothes, as the way
 - Backs off (with "up")
 - Relieves pressure
 - Soothes
 - Reposes
 - ___ up (relaxes)
 - Makes less taut
 - Lets (up)
 - Makes less burdensome
 - Slackens
 - Ameliorates
 - Tailors' allowances
 - Inches forward
 - Inches forward
 - Decreases, as pain
 - Relaxes
 - Moves cautiously
 - Makes less stressful
 - Makes comfortable
 - Moves slowly
 - Disburdens
 - Lessens the discomfort of
 - Makes less severe
 - Reduces, as pressure
 - Lessens, as discomfort
 - Slacks off
 - Relaxes, as pressure
 - Makes more comfy
 - Softens, as a blow
 - Smooths the way
 - Lessens a load
 - Relents (with "up")
 - Loosens, as restrictions
 - Makes less stringent
 - Settles (into)
 - Makes bearable
 - Goes effortlessly
 - Moves with care
 - Lulls
 - Paves the way
 - Calms
 - Slackens off
 - Enters slowly, with "in"
 - Relieves, as pain
 - Lightens, as one's load
 - Smoothes
 - Reduces restrictions for
 - Relieves, as a difficult situation
 - Lightens, as a load
 - Loosens up
 - Makes less thorny
 - Tempers
 - Is soothing
 - Becomes more endurable
 - Subsides
 - Makes less strict
 - Makes less rigorous
 - Loosens or lessens
 - Takes the edge off
 - Makes less harsh
 - Makes less hard
 - Reduces in complexity
 - Lightens (up)
 - Makes less complicated
 - Lessens in difficulty
 - Reduces, like anxiety
 - Progresses slowly
 - Makes more manageable
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
 - LA Times - August 29, 2025
 - New York Times - August 09, 2025
 - USA Today - July 03, 2025
 - LA Times - June 20, 2025
 - USA Today - June 12, 2025
 - USA Today - May 13, 2025
 - LA Times - March 10, 2025
 - USA Today - February 12, 2025
 - New York Times - December 18, 2024
 - USA Today - October 22, 2024
 - USA Today - October 18, 2024
 - New York Times - August 19, 2024
 - LA Times - July 31, 2024
 - LA Times - July 12, 2024
 - USA Today - July 01, 2024
 - New York Times - June 19, 2024
 - LA Times - May 27, 2024
 - New York Times - May 21, 2024
 - USA Today - January 31, 2024
 
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