If “Calm down” has stalled your progress, these answers are drawn from known crossword matches where the same or very similar clue wording led to successful solutions.
Answers:
- COOLOFF
- QUELL
- ABATE
- RELAX
- SOOTHE
- SEDATE
- CHILL
- PLACATE
- PACIFY
- COOLIT
- SETTLE
- KEEPYOURSHIRTON
- TAKEACHILLPILL
- BEATEASE
Synonyms and Definitions
QUELL
- Synonyms: appease, quench, squelch, stay
ABATE
- Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off, slake
RELAX
- Synonyms: decompress, loose, loosen, loosen up, make relaxed, slack up, slacken, slow down, unbend, unlax, unstrain, unwind
SOOTHE
- Synonyms: comfort, console, solace
SEDATE
- Synonyms: calm, grave, sober, solemn, staid, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
CHILL
- Synonyms: cool, cool down, frisson, gelidity, iciness, pall, quiver, shiver, shivering, shudder, thrill, tingle
PLACATE
- Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify
PACIFY
- Synonyms: placate
SETTLE
- Synonyms: adjudicate, decide, descend, determine, ensconce, fall, finalise, finalize, get back, go down, go under, locate, make up, nail down, patch up, reconcile, resolve, root, settee, settle down, sink, square off, square up, steady down, subside, take root