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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 Wall Street Journal, The Mirror, The Guardian, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Sun and The Star Tribune.
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