Answer: LOOSEN
LOOSEN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 37 times.
Referring Clues:
- Ease
 - Relax
 - Start to untie
 - Ease up
 - Unbuckle
 - Relax, as rules
 - Undo, as laces
 - Give some slack
 - Relax, as regulations
 - Untie
 - Turn counterclockwise, maybe
 - Make less tight
 - Undo
 - Free
 - Uncinch
 - Untie, as shoelaces
 - Let out a bit, as a belt
 - Let out a few notches in
 - Unlace
 - Unknot
 - Untie, perhaps
 - Ease up on
 - Unknot, as a tie
 - Make a belt or collar more comfortable
 - Give some slack to
 - Become less strict, with "up"
 - Decrease the tightness of
 - Relax, as a restriction
 - Relax (with "up")
 - Twist counterclockwise, as a nut
 - Slack off
 - Let out a notch, perhaps
 - Put some slack in
 - Turn away from righty-tighty
 - Let out a bit
 - Undo a bit, as a tie
 - Turn a screw to the left
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
 - USA Today - March 28, 2025
 - LA Times - March 25, 2024
 - LA Times - November 17, 2023
 - LA Times - May 08, 2023
 - USA Today - April 05, 2023
 - USA Today - February 07, 2023
 - New York Times - October 20, 2021
 - Netword - July 09, 2020
 - Netword - October 01, 2019
 - LA Times - August 23, 2019
 - Universal - March 25, 2019
 - LA Times - January 13, 2019
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 05, 2018
 - Netword - October 03, 2018
 - Netword - March 23, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - March 04, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 26, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 14, 2018
 - Universal - January 15, 2018
 
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