Clues for the word "FADE"
We've had 167 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 408 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 15, 2026.
Definition of fade
- a. - Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
- a. - To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- a. - To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- a. - To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- v. t. - To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
Referring Clues
- Grow dim
- Get lighter
- Fall behind in the stretch
- Lose color
- Lose brilliancy
- Direction at a scene's end
- Wither away
- Lose one's blush
- Wash out
- Not do well in the stretch
- Screenplay direction
- Falter at the finish
- Lose brilliance
- Movie shot
- Movie ending effect
- Lose strength in the backstretch
- Lose support, as at campaign's end
- Be outscored at the end
- Wane
- Lose luster
- Vanish gradually
- Lose strength
- Disappear like a sunset
- Become less bright
- Become a whiter shade of pale
- Diminish
- Fall behind, in the stretch
- Lose brightness
- Slowly disappear
- Disappear gradually
- Scene-ending film effect
- Crew cut's cousin
- Scene-ending effect
- Blow over
- Get lighter, in a way
- Grow faint
- Decline
- Fall off
- Become indistinct
- Diminish in color
- Lose star status
- Dim
- Do poorly in the stretch
- Lose vitality
- Lighten up
- Lose intensity
- What some things do in the sun
- Become dim
- Gradually lose color
- Tire near the finish
- Lose color, as jeans
- Go back, as for a pass
- Lose energy
- Tire
- Iris-out alternative
- Camcorder button
- Get lighter, as jeans
- Become faint
- What colors do over time
- Disappear slowly
- Gradually disappear
- Grow paler
- Get dimmer
- Hair style on some old hip-hop album covers
- Dim over time
- 1980s hairstyle
- Sparkle a little less
- Struggle at the finish
- Disap-pear gradually
- Scene-ending film technique
- Die
- 1980s hip-hop hairstyle
- Discolour
- Flag
- Age blue jeans
- Lose color in the wash
- Dwindle
- Dye out?
- End-of-song feature
- Film technique
- Lose color, in a way
- Fall out of contention
- Gradually vanish
- Whiten
- Tapering hairdo
- Wither
- Slowly vanish
- Become harder to see
- Lose vividness
- Become dimmer
- Lose vibrancy
- Lose sparkle
- Lose strength over time
- Become hard to see
- Become dull
- Grow pale
- Become duller in color
- Get lighter and lighter
- Dissolve
- Late 1980s men's haircut
- "Love is love and not ___ away" (Stones)
- Grow dull
- Pale
- Enthusiasm and rage finally die away
- Waste away
- A fancy earpiece will not last long
- A mere craze due to finish and pass away
- Left centre upset about commercial flag
- Die away
- In spite of adequacy, weaken
- Lose colour
- Grow dimmer
- Grow fainter
- Lose colour gradually
- Notes that lose colour
- Short-on-the-sides hairstyle
- Age, as blue jeans
- To dim
- Craze beginning to ebb and die away
- Deaf, poorly and pale
- Dim English following latest trend
- Craze on One Direction's in decline
- Enthusiasm and energy decline
- Lose vibrancy, as color
- '95 Everclear album "Sparkle and ___"
- Diminish slowly
- Die down
- Lighten
- ___ to black (movie effect)
- Melt away
- Lose vibrancy, as from exposure to sunlight
- Gradually get tired
- Get lighter in the sun
- Music outro effect
- Nod off
- Deteriorate
- Tapering haircut
- Grow faint gradually
- Decline, as popularity
- Lose steam
- Fall into obscurity
- Lighten up?
- Direction in a film script
- Lose luster, as colors
- Tapered haircut
- Lessen in power
- A passing craze due to finish will weaken
- Weaken in the face of a defeat
- Hairstyle that's short on the sides
- Tapered hairstyle
- Become less brilliant, as colors
- Hi-top haircut
- Bleach
- Haircut common in the Marine Corps
- Become fainter
- High top ___: hairstyle
- Haircut with a tight taper
- Dull
- Slowly go from black to gray
- Taper
- Film transition
- Become lighter
- Slowly go dark
- Lessen in strength
- Barbershop choice
- Scene ender
- Haircut that transitions from shorter sides to longer top
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 15, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 16, 2026
- Daily American - August 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 10, 2026
- Daily American - May 03, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 30, 2026
- New York Times - April 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 15, 2026
- Daily American - March 21, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 27, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 31, 2025
- LA Times - December 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 16, 2025
- Daily American - September 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2025
- New York Times - July 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 06, 2025
- New York Times - July 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 24, 2025
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