Possible Clues:

• Lessened, pain or discomfort, say
• Slackened off and stopped, leader having gone
• Relaxed, having stopped rejecting leader
• Relieved when sunk in rising river
• Facilitated return by stamped addressed envelope to editor
• How a seed has got less
• Let up, following half a century to be let
• Relieved, mitigated
• After getting rid of cold, stopped and relaxed
• Oiled, or became less tight