Related Clues:

• 'Go out and do the sowing again, by the sound of it (6)'
• 'One of 20 down, by the sound of it, may get 30 across (5)'
• Go back and do the sowing again?
• Die back, abate
• Gradually lessen
• Go like the tide
• A hairline can do it
• Withdraw and give up once more
• Routed, beat a retreat
• Soldiers give up and fall back
• Start balding
• Lessen - cease
• What gums might do
• Had food after first letters tail off
• Reduce, as taxes