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Receded (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ebbed

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">receded</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(ebbing is a kind of receding)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for ebbed that I've seen before include "Diminished" , "Went out like tide" , "Flowed back or receded" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, the USA Today, The Mirror, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the LA Times, the Universal and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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