| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| diminish | to make or become smaller, less, or less important |
| sugars | a sweet crystallizable material that consists wholly or essentially of sucrose, is colorless or white when pure tending to brown when less refined, is obtained commercially from sugarcane or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms, and is important as a source of dietary carbohydrate and as a sweetener and preservative of other foods |
| shrinks | Become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract |
| shrunken | Become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract |
| shrinking | Become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract |
| lightening | to make or become less heavy or burdensome |
| darkened | to make or become less white or clear in color |
