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The Clue

Pale (4 letter answer)

The Answer

FADE

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Notes

The answer FADE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.

Related Clues

Die
Diminish
Evanesce
Languish
Trite
Vanish
Wane
Weaken
Wither
Cover a bet
Diminish in color
Get lighter
Grow dim
Lose brightness
Lose brilliance
Lose brilliancy
Lose color
Movie shot
Pass the peak
Peter out
Screenplay direction
Wash out
Be outscored at the end
Bet against a dicer
Cover a bet at dice
Die away, as a sound
Fall behind in the stretch
Lose one's blush
Make a dice bet
Meet the bet at Reno
Move backward, as a quarterback
Bet against the dice caster
Fail to keep up the pace
Lose support, as at campaign's end
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What some things do in the sun

Definition

FADE as a noun:

1. (slice, fade, slicing) = a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
2. (fade, disappearance) = gradually ceasing to be visible

FADE as a verb:

1. (fade, melt) = become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
2. (fade, wither) = lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
3. (evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass) = disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
4. (languish, fade) = become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"