Recedes (4)

I believe the answer is:

ebbs

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

This is the entire 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 Daily Mail, The Wall Street Journal, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, The Mirror, the LA Times, the Universal, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate and the USA Today.

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