Declining Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 13 Feb 2025

Showing 42 Matching Answers

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DOWNWARD
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Falling stock market index pulled backCrossword Clue
In day by day personal fight, going southCrossword Clue
Declining low chargeCrossword Clue

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PASSINGUP
9 Letters

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REFUSING
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Stopping in the race, but joining again?Crossword Clue
Giving no answerCrossword Clue

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SENILE
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Declining late in lifeCrossword Clue
English railways directed up past itCrossword Clue
Showing the failings of old ageCrossword Clue
Like some old folk from home counties on foreign riverCrossword Clue
Declining due to ageCrossword Clue
Declining in later yearsCrossword Clue
Declining in old ageCrossword Clue
Old face finally wrinkles upCrossword Clue
Duck in to catch sight of GagaCrossword Clue

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SINKING
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Wrong ruler is plummetingCrossword Clue
Offend royal thats boring?Crossword Clue
Porn supremo perhaps becoming less successfulCrossword Clue
Degrading pre-eminent male following ill-doingCrossword Clue
Confess - keeping family, and going downCrossword Clue
Crime baron maybe going downCrossword Clue
Evil ruler in declineCrossword Clue
After moral offence, monarch is collapsingCrossword Clue
Do a number about family going underCrossword Clue

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SLIDING
7 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Catapult cuts across wind evenly, moving smoothlyCrossword Clue
Forming alliance with Liberals upfront is as good as degeneratingCrossword Clue
Like some doors or scalesCrossword Clue
On the skidsCrossword Clue

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WANING
6 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
In need of time out when on the declineCrossword Clue
Becoming new, in a wayCrossword Clue
Diarist taken in by humorist in declineCrossword Clue
On the declineCrossword Clue

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WORSE
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Not as goodCrossword Clue
What things could always beCrossword Clue
Response during an eye examCrossword Clue
InferiorCrossword Clue
Not so wellCrossword Clue
Aggravated, son donned trousersCrossword Clue
In sorrier shapeCrossword Clue
Not betterCrossword Clue

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ATALOWEBB
9 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
The sea can be so blueCrossword Clue
In a particularly poor stateCrossword Clue
Weakened — depressedCrossword Clue
In a depressed or weakened stateCrossword Clue

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DOTAGE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Years of declineCrossword Clue
Mental declineCrossword Clue
Over-lovingness label accepted by femaleCrossword Clue
Spot mature time of feeble-mindednessCrossword Clue
Winter of one’s lifeCrossword Clue
Female accepts writing on the wall in later yearsCrossword Clue
Female accepts writing on the wall in later yearsCrossword Clue
SenilityCrossword Clue
Degenerative state of Venetian magistrate keeping volunteer army onceCrossword Clue
Perform on dais, forgetting opening of script - its senilityCrossword Clue

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DOWNSWING
9 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Movement on course, swallows flyCrossword Clue
Slump, depressed, next to item in playgroundCrossword Clue
Experiencing the blues, big-band jazz club movementCrossword Clue
Consumes some chicken in trend towards recession?Crossword Clue
Countys side in an undesirable financial situationCrossword Clue

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EATINGIN
8 Letters

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NOES
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
RejectionsCrossword Clue
They don't approve the hooter being soundedCrossword Clue
BrushoffsCrossword Clue
ObjectionsCrossword Clue
RefusalsCrossword Clue
TurndownsCrossword Clue
NegativesCrossword Clue
Disappointing R.S.V.P.sCrossword Clue
RejectionsCrossword Clue
Reportedly is aware of negative votesCrossword Clue

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NOS
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sudoku figsCrossword Clue
RejectionsCrossword Clue
RejectionsCrossword Clue
FigsCrossword Clue
Thumbs-down repliesCrossword Clue
Contacts info: AbbrCrossword Clue
Blunt refusalsCrossword Clue
Go-ahead responsesCrossword Clue
RefusalsCrossword Clue
RefusalsCrossword Clue

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RUBLE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Russian currencyCrossword Clue
Moscow moneyCrossword Clue
Government accepting British currency abroadCrossword Clue
Russian cabbage?Crossword Clue
Russian capitalCrossword Clue
Moscow moneyCrossword Clue
Russian noteCrossword Clue
Second-oldest national currencyCrossword Clue
Government holds British currencyCrossword Clue
Government holds British currencyCrossword Clue

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EBBING
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Receding like the tideCrossword Clue
RecedingCrossword Clue
___ and flowingCrossword Clue
Sadly, Big Ben is on the declineCrossword Clue
Be back before Crosby's declineCrossword Clue
Be back before Crosbys declineCrossword Clue
Declining renovation of Big BenCrossword Clue
Town where Frances McDormand put up three billboards in 2017?Crossword Clue
Shrinking skin on feet of duck thats lost weightCrossword Clue
Falling awayCrossword Clue

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STANDINGPAT
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Refusing to budgeCrossword Clue

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NEIN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
German "no"Crossword Clue
German for "no"Crossword Clue
How to turn down a HamburgerCrossword Clue
Ja's oppositeCrossword Clue
No, in GermanCrossword Clue
German word that sounds like a number in EnglishCrossword Clue
Apt reply to "Does drei times drei equal acht?"Crossword Clue
"Ja" oppositeCrossword Clue
German "no"Crossword Clue
Deutschland denialCrossword Clue

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COMICS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Funny pagesCrossword Clue
Many open mic performersCrossword Clue
Stand-up folks?Crossword Clue
Companys importing sound equipment for stand-upsCrossword Clue
Clowns about, so Im forced to accept Conservative leaderCrossword Clue
Sunday newspaper sectionCrossword Clue
Clowns often making idiotic comments say, originallyCrossword Clue
Funny papers featuresCrossword Clue
"Peanuts" newspaper sectionCrossword Clue
Newspaper featureCrossword Clue

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ONTHESLIDE
10 Letters

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REFUSAL
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
NoCrossword Clue
TurndownCrossword Clue
RejectionCrossword Clue
No bother mostly cutting through concreteCrossword Clue
DenialCrossword Clue
No fur seal should be disturbedCrossword Clue
Dissent shown by American gangster meeting officialCrossword Clue
Denial referred to you and me and AlCrossword Clue
Commotion mostly in genuine rejectionCrossword Clue
Saying No fur sale” vigorouslyCrossword Clue

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SETTING
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Where a story takes placeCrossword Clue
Writing of clues going downCrossword Clue
What am I doing for the environment?Crossword Clue
What am I doing for the environment?Crossword Clue
Constructing a cryptic crossword locationCrossword Clue
Dropping placeCrossword Clue
Smart about Alien sceneryCrossword Clue
SurroundingsCrossword Clue
BackdropCrossword Clue
Going downCrossword Clue

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SNIVEL
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
WhimperCrossword Clue
Whine tearfullyCrossword Clue
WhineCrossword Clue
Whine tearfullyCrossword Clue
Whine and cryCrossword Clue
WhineCrossword Clue
Complain tearfully as name appears in jeans upside-downCrossword Clue
Tearfully complainCrossword Clue
Peevishly complain French article about wine is regressiveCrossword Clue
Splitting trousers from behind, weapon ultimately exposing blubberCrossword Clue

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COAL
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Christmas stocking filler for a naughty childCrossword Clue
Shade of blackCrossword Clue
Rhyme for "soul" in "Frosty the Snowman"Crossword Clue
Gift for someone on the Naughty ListCrossword Clue
Traditional Scottish New Year's gift, representing warmth for the year to comeCrossword Clue
Locomotive fuelCrossword Clue
Mined fuelCrossword Clue
*Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladderCrossword Clue
Barbecue fuelCrossword Clue
Certain fossil fuelCrossword Clue

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COUNTDOWN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Judge on wretched TV showCrossword Clue
Second check where unknown leaves an Ulster districtCrossword Clue
Dracula perhaps depressed with approaching deadlineCrossword Clue
Member of aristocracy leads part of NI in preparation for eventCrossword Clue
Diminishing sequence of noble insulating stuffCrossword Clue
Nobleman's wife coming in to put on showCrossword Clue
Noblemans wife coming in to put on showCrossword Clue
...nobilitys pensive, it's before the raceCrossword Clue
Noble not up for launch preparationCrossword Clue
Reckoning that comes to nothingCrossword Clue

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DECADENT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Respectable clothing in the current era is in declineCrossword Clue
Self-indulgent English scoundrel overwhelmed by depressionCrossword Clue
Indulgently lavishCrossword Clue
Appealing to self-indulgent impulsesCrossword Clue
Corrupt villain beginning to ebb into depressionCrossword Clue
Immoral scoundrel facing divorce, finally overwhelmed by depressionCrossword Clue
DegenerateCrossword Clue
After ten years, books degradedCrossword Clue
Effete English rogue gripped by depressionCrossword Clue
Perhaps Blair years ultimately written about as corruptCrossword Clue

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DOWNWARDS
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Have fights, splitting theologians verticallyCrossword Clue
To a lower positionCrossword Clue
Lower Guardians charges after decliningCrossword Clue

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LAMEDUCK
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10 RELATED CLUES
Surprisingly, UK calmed by this ineffectual personCrossword Clue
President during his or her last days in office, e.gCrossword Clue
Weak and ineffectual personCrossword Clue
Official coming to the end of period in office?Crossword Clue
Outgoing officeholderCrossword Clue
Vulnerable type of male sadly getting nothingCrossword Clue
One who has become powerlessCrossword Clue
Feeble flier?Crossword Clue
Ineffectual office holderCrossword Clue
Person losing power towards the end of a term of officeCrossword Clue

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DECADE
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10 RELATED CLUES
Set of the rosaryCrossword Clue
The aughts, e.gCrossword Clue
Ten-year periodCrossword Clue
The 2010s, e.gCrossword Clue
Time piece?Crossword Clue
Kiki maybe grasping answer in 400 yearsCrossword Clue
A tenth of a centuryCrossword Clue
Ten-year periodCrossword Clue
Twenties or fifties, but not fivesCrossword Clue
Helper on vessel talked of for a number of yearsCrossword Clue

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TWILIGHT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Figure-hugging clothes fade briefly in autumnCrossword Clue
Final phaseCrossword Clue
Mean to restrict a lot of fantastic YA book series?Crossword Clue
Stephenie Meyer fantasy seriesCrossword Clue
DuskCrossword Clue
Drunk comes round not quite roaring early in the eveningCrossword Clue
Mean to collect brief legal document towards the end of the day?Crossword Clue
Couple out of love cheerful after one relatively dark periodCrossword Clue
Perhaps towards the end of the day, mean to eat with the ItalianCrossword Clue
Mainly get Kindle when its hard to see clearlyCrossword Clue

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ATROPHYING
10 Letters

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IMAGINE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
VisualizeCrossword Clue
EnvisionCrossword Clue
"Just think ... "Crossword Clue
SupposeCrossword Clue
PictureCrossword Clue
Dream upCrossword Clue
John Lennon songCrossword Clue
"Just picture it . . ."Crossword Clue
Conceive — 1971 Lennon hitCrossword Clue
PictureCrossword Clue

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DOWNHILL
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Decline to go this wayCrossword Clue
Fell twice in skiing competitionCrossword Clue
Inclined a certain way, criminal now hid £50Crossword Clue
Declining personal mount, duke takes the vanCrossword Clue
*Skier's directionCrossword Clue

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PHOTODEVELOPING
15 Letters

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LUTON
5 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Left university, not returning to see townCrossword Clue
Bedfordshire motor and erstwhile millinery townCrossword Clue
Bedfordshire town and airportCrossword Clue

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SCAB
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Wound coverCrossword Clue
Picket line crosserCrossword Clue
Part of the healing processCrossword Clue
Picket line crosserCrossword Clue
Protective wound coverCrossword Clue
Wound coveringCrossword Clue
Injury coverCrossword Clue
Person who crosses the lineCrossword Clue
Picket line crosserCrossword Clue
Temporary cover of a sortCrossword Clue

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STAGED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Not done naturally, in a wayCrossword Clue
Preplanned, as some viral videosCrossword Clue
Produced for the theaterCrossword Clue
Artificial, in a wayCrossword Clue
Like many reality shows and wrestling matchesCrossword Clue
Put on stone and became elderlyCrossword Clue
Theatrically presentedCrossword Clue
Fashion ad gets put onCrossword Clue
Organised French artists retrospective? About timeCrossword Clue
Set upCrossword Clue

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DROOPY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hanging ordinary work in flatCrossword Clue
Dwarf lacking energy caught backsliding or limp?Crossword Clue
Hanging downCrossword Clue
Bad day up, year looking tiredCrossword Clue
Falling down like an idiot, circling right roundCrossword Clue
Back yard fencing weak and saggingCrossword Clue
Doctor on rounds, plainly exhausted and saggingCrossword Clue
Hanging looseCrossword Clue
Somewhat shabby, poor design seen from the back is saggingCrossword Clue
Feeling tired and thirsty having wrapped stool upCrossword Clue

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DYING
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Going out, as embersCrossword Clue
Flopping at a comedy clubCrossword Clue
Ceasing to functionCrossword Clue
Like a phone down to 1%Crossword Clue
They say colourings on the way outCrossword Clue
Like embersCrossword Clue
On the way outCrossword Clue
On the way outCrossword Clue
Starting to stop!Crossword Clue
Running out of batteryCrossword Clue

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RELAPSING
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Part of reign is pale reminder about failing again?Crossword Clue
Israel GNP revised, getting weaker againCrossword Clue
Leaps around in circle, having another episodeCrossword Clue

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WITHERING
9 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Electrical work interrupted by the scornfulCrossword Clue
Article in part of electrical system is decayingCrossword Clue
Humor the man -- boxing is humiliatingCrossword Clue
Fading away, full of contemptCrossword Clue
Article amongst electrics is going into declineCrossword Clue
Scornful humour by male fronting bandCrossword Clue

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DECADENCY
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Declining Crossword Clue

Showing 42 Matching Answers

DOWNWARD

3 RELATED CLUES

PASSINGUP

REFUSING

2 RELATED CLUES

SENILE

9 RELATED CLUES

SINKING

9 RELATED CLUES

SLIDING

4 RELATED CLUES

WANING

4 RELATED CLUES

WORSE

8 RELATED CLUES

ATALOWEBB

4 RELATED CLUES

DOTAGE

10 RELATED CLUES

DOWNSWING

5 RELATED CLUES

EATINGIN

NOES

10 RELATED CLUES

NOS

10 RELATED CLUES

RUBLE

10 RELATED CLUES

EBBING

10 RELATED CLUES

STANDINGPAT

1 RELATED CLUES

NEIN

10 RELATED CLUES

COMICS

10 RELATED CLUES

ONTHESLIDE

REFUSAL

10 RELATED CLUES

SETTING

10 RELATED CLUES

SNIVEL

10 RELATED CLUES

COAL

10 RELATED CLUES

COUNTDOWN

10 RELATED CLUES

DECADENT

10 RELATED CLUES

DOWNWARDS

3 RELATED CLUES

LAMEDUCK

10 RELATED CLUES

DECADE

10 RELATED CLUES

TWILIGHT

10 RELATED CLUES

ATROPHYING

IMAGINE

10 RELATED CLUES

DOWNHILL

5 RELATED CLUES

PHOTODEVELOPING

LUTON

3 RELATED CLUES

SCAB

10 RELATED CLUES

STAGED

10 RELATED CLUES

DROOPY

10 RELATED CLUES

DYING

10 RELATED CLUES

RELAPSING

3 RELATED CLUES

WITHERING

6 RELATED CLUES

DECADENCY