Last seen in:
- L.A. Times Daily - Dec 18 2022
- Wall Street Journal - Jun 29 2022 - Talking Shop
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,811 - Jan 9 2021
- The Washington Post - Mar 26 2018
- L.A. Times Daily - Mar 26 2018
- The Washington Post - May 23 2017
- L.A. Times Daily - May 23 2017
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,546 - Dec 21 2016
- New York Times - Aug 14 2016
- The Washington Post - May 26 2016
Related Clues:
- Gradually lessened
- Ebbed; declined
- Settled a debt unexpectedly, bringing in first of accountants
- A quiffed man on airline grew smaller
- A cricket club with Oriental dimension came to an end
- Decreased in force
- Be sent up to bed, having gone into a decline
- Receded from shore
- Grew dimmer
- Subsided, as tides
- Faded away, as a tide
- Receded, as the tide
- Pale little man declined
- Gradually rolled back
- Died down and burned away, last of coal not needed