Answer:

taper

Answer	Crossword Clue
TAPER	Thin candle
TAPER	Candle
TAPER	Reduce gradually

TAPER	Dwindle down
TAPER	Trail (off)
TAPER	Get to the point?
TAPER	Wicked light?
TAPER	Recorder at a gig
TAPER	Come to nothing?
TAPER	Get gradually smaller
TAPER	Gradually narrow

TAPER	VCR?
TAPER	Get narrow toward the tip
TAPER	Slender candle
TAPER	Narrow
TAPER	Become thinner
TAPER	Decrease gradually
TAPER	Gradually diminish, with "off"
TAPER	Come to the point?

TAPER	Come to a point
TAPER	Get narrower
TAPER	Grow narrower
TAPER	Kind of candle
TAPER	Get progressively thinner
TAPER	Candle type
TAPER	Become narrower
TAPER	Make a point?

TAPER	... off (reduce gradually)
TAPER	Pre-bulb lighting
TAPER	.. off:decrease
TAPER	Grown narrower
TAPER	Diminish, with "off"
TAPER	Certain candle
TAPER	Gradually become narrower
TAPER	Do some tailoring

TAPER	Make a point
TAPER	Light source
TAPER	Slim down gradually
TAPER	Diminish gradually
TAPER	Narrow down

Crossword

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