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

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