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A Short Stretch Of Time Criminal Tries To Reduce Gradually Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is AMORTISE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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verb

• liquidate gradually

30%3 Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
noun

• an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

29%5Reduce gradually
noun

• a convex shape that narrows toward a point

• the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

verb

• diminish gradually

• give a point to

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