Clues for the word "FADES"
We've had 56 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 87 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 19, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Drops out of contention
- Becomes a whiter shade of pale
- Evanesces
- Falls behind in the end
- Vanishes
- Weakens
- Is affected by sunlight, perhaps
- Loses stamina
- Disappears gradually
- Vanishes into thin air
- Loses color
- Loses brightness
- Scene enders, sometimes
- Scene enders, perhaps
- Gradually vanishes
- Loses luster
- Scene-changing techniques
- Loses energy
- Grows faint
- Diminishes
- Decreases
- Loses prominence
- Gets sleepy
- Burdened
- Blowout alternatives
- Blends into the background
- Loses steam
- Loses steam
- Turns dim
- Grows dim
- Isn't colorfast
- Bleaches out
- Gets faint
- Wanes
- End-of-song studio techniques
- Gets dimmer
- Languishes
- Fails to keep up
- Loses colour
- Dissipates
- Declines passing fancies without a point
- Loses color over time
- Pales
- Gradually loses color
- Withers
- Starts to disappear
- Poops out
- Lightens
- Tapering hairstyles
- Drops back to pass
- Dims
- Crew cut cousins
- Gradual film transitions
- Some short cuts
- Tapered haircuts
- Slowly disappears
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - October 28, 2025
- LA Times - September 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - March 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 06, 2023
- New York Times - May 12, 2023
- USA Today - August 16, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 20, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 06, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 09, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 05, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 13, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 05, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 23, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 12, 2016
- Universal - February 11, 2016
- USA Today - September 08, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 04, 2015
- USA Today - February 06, 2015
- Universal - December 08, 2014
- And in 57 more crossword puzzles...