| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DYES | Lightens, perhaps |
| EASES | Lightens |
| LEAVENS | Lightens |
| BLEACHES | Lightens |
| ALLEVIATES | Lightens |
| EASES | Lightens. |
| EASES | Lightens up |
| PALES | Lightens up? |
| SWIGS | Lightens a schooner |
| EASES | Lightens the load |
| lightener | something that lightens |
| EASES | Lightens, as a burden |
| FADES | Lightens up a little |
| lighteners | LIGHTENER, something that lightens |
| OER | "Or softly lightens ... her face": Byron |
| EREONE | " . . . lightning, which doth cease to be- ... can say it lightens": Juliet |
| leaven | material (as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter |
