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We've checked our database and believe the answer is IRONS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• metal shackles; for hands or legs

96%4Exact Match!
noun

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

• the outward flow of the tide

verb

• flow back or recede

• hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

• fall away or decline

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• wear off or die down

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New York Times22 Apr 2022 Across 19
New York Times21 Apr 2016 Across 53
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