Last seen in:
- L.A. Times Daily - Aug 20 2022
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jul 14 2022
- New York Times - Oct 1 2020
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,033 - Apr 24 2019
- Newsday.com - Oct 21 2018
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - Mar 2 2018
- USA Today - Apr 1 2016
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 3 2016
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - Nov 13 2015
- Jonesin' - Nov 30 2010
Related Clues:
- Relieves, lightens
- Lessens tensions
- Assuages or slackens
- Tailors' allowances
- Mollifies by making concessions
- Soothes with sausages
- Borders, margins
- 'Appeases, mollifies (8)'
- 'Allays, comforts, calms (7)'
- How one sees a mixture that gets less strong
- Fifty such may be let as it gets less
- They would let them follow fifty as it gets slack
- At last, 18 across gets to be not so severe
- That takes the pressure off a double E and double S
- The way one sees a mixture that is getting weaker