Come to a point (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">come to a point</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for taper that I've seen before include "Become narrow" , "One making recording" , "Gradually come to a point" , "Wind down" , "Narrow towards the end" .)
(Other definitions for narrow that I've seen before include "contract" , "Small-minded" , "Small in breadth" , "Restricted in width." , "... not one" .)