Recedes (4)

I believe the answer is:

ebbs

'recedes' is the definition.
(ebbing is a kind of receding)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for ebbs that I've seen before include "Goes out like tide" , "Wanes" , "Subsides" , "flags" , "Flows back or recedes" .)

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

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