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Diminish (5)

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

(Other definitions for taper that I've seen before include "Get narrower towards end" , "Thin progressively" , "Become narrow" , "He records" , "On VHS he recorded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.
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