| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DWINDLES | Gradually becomes smaller |
| TAPER | Get gradually smaller |
| SOAPS | Bars that gradually get smaller |
| DWINDLES | Becomes smaller |
| TAPERS | Becomes smaller, as a finger. |
| telescoping | Cause (an object made of concentric tubular parts) to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller |
| clubroot | A fungal disease of cabbages, turnips, and related plants, in which the root becomes swollen and distorted by a single large gall or groups of smaller galls |
