| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EASING | Slackening | |
| LOOSENING | Slackening | |
| LENTANDO | Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando. | |
| LAXATION | The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened. | |
| RALLENTANDO | Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando. | |
| STASIS | A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resista... | |