The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EBBING
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More clues leading to the result EBBING
- Shrinking skin on feet of duck that’s lost weight
- Declining renovation of Big Ben
- Be back before Crosby’s decline
- The tide may be heading away from part of duck’s foot
- English crooner entertaining bachelor in decline?
- Big Ben being renovated creating drawback
- Dropping English books into bottom of bag
- Going out for example, storing books at home
- Declining, being British eccentric
- Big Ben sadly in decline
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What does EBBING mean?
EBBING verb- To flow back or recede
- To fall away or decline
- To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
- The action of something that ebbs.