Answer: TAPER
TAPER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 70 times.
Referring Clues:
- VCR
 - Grow narrower
 - Become narrower
 - Spy, at times
 - Fall (off)
 - Become narrow
 - Candle
 - Bring to a point
 - Diminish gradually
 - Get to the point?
 - Come to a point
 - Put darts into, as a garment
 - Part of a Christmas decoration
 - Spire or obelisk, e.g.
 - Sound technician
 - Attenuate
 - Come to the point?
 - Slender candle
 - Narrow
 - Get narrower
 - Kind of candle
 - Get progressively thinner
 - Get gradually smaller
 - Narrow down
 - Narrow gradually
 - Pre-bulb lighting, perhaps
 - Do some tailoring
 - Come to a head?
 - Thin candle
 - Lessen gradually
 - Slack off
 - Flare's opp.
 - Subside, with "off"
 - Candle type
 - Candle type
 - Decrease gradually
 - Gradually diminish
 - Dwindle down
 - Gradually narrow down
 - Get narrow gradually
 - Gradually get narrow
 - Become thinner
 - Diminish, with "off"
 - Thin out
 - Gradually narrow
 - To make narrow
 - Make a point?
 - Certain candle
 - Gradually decrease to a point
 - Diminish slowly
 - "Macbeth" prop
 - Get narrower toward the end
 - Grow gradually thinner
 - Acuminate
 - Make like a candle
 - Get thinner at one end
 - Icicle shape
 - Slim candle
 - Narrow candle
 - Make a point
 - Haircut similar to a fade
 - Slim down gradually
 - Get progressively narrower
 - Gradually become narrower
 - Item made of wax
 - Narrow to a point
 - Come to a point?
 - Become pointed
 - Dwindle (down)
 - Gradually decrease
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - June 25, 2025
 - USA Today - April 29, 2025
 - LA Times - March 23, 2025
 - LA Times - February 12, 2025
 - USA Today - September 09, 2024
 - LA Times - February 04, 2024
 - New York Times - October 26, 2023
 - USA Today - July 26, 2023
 - LA Times - June 07, 2023
 - LA Times - May 02, 2023
 - New York Times - April 03, 2023
 - USA Today - March 01, 2023
 - LA Times - August 05, 2022
 - LA Times - February 14, 2022
 - New York Times - May 16, 2021
 - Universal - March 05, 2021
 - New York Times - February 14, 2021
 - USA Today - November 17, 2020
 - Netword - November 07, 2020
 - Universal - September 22, 2020
 
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