| Declares with confidence | 24 |
| Declares without proof | 22 |
| Declares without shame | 22 |
| Declares, in slang | 18 |
| Declares, informally | 20 |
| Declares, to R. Crumb | 21 |
| Declaring invalid, as a marriage | 32 |
| Declassifies | 12 |
| Declassify | 10 |
| Declawed manx, e.g. | 19 |
| Declination | 11 |
| Declination declaration | 23 |
| Declinations | 12 |
| Decline | 7 |
| Decline again | 13 |
| Decline an invitation | 21 |
| Decline another card from the dealer | 36 |
| Decline dramatically | 20 |
| Decline from disuse | 19 |
| Decline further e-mail | 22 |
| Decline gently, as a hillside | 29 |
| Decline gradually | 17 |
| Decline gradually, as a tide | 28 |
| Decline in price | 16 |
| Decline in value | 16 |
| Decline of the West? | 20 |
| Decline politely | 16 |
| Decline to allow | 16 |
| Decline to answer | 17 |
| Decline to bid | 14 |
| Decline to decide | 17 |
| Decline to decline | 18 |
| Decline to drive, say | 21 |
| Decline to participate | 22 |
| Decline to recline? | 19 |
| Decline to sanction | 19 |
| Decline to take part in | 23 |
| Decline to use one's connections? | 37 |
| Decline to vote | 15 |
| Decline with age | 16 |
| Decline with disdain | 20 |
| Decline, as the visible moon | 28 |
| Decline, in Arles | 17 |
| Decline, maybe | 14 |
| Decline, perhaps | 16 |
| Decline, with 'on' | 26 |
| Decline, with "out of" | 32 |
| Decline, with "out" | 29 |
| Declined | 8 |
| Declined a bid | 14 |
| Declined a bit | 14 |
| Declined a restaurant offer | 27 |
| Declined abruptly, as stocks | 28 |
| Declined in power | 17 |
| Declined mentally | 17 |
| Declined precipitously | 22 |
| Declined sharply | 16 |
| Declined to comment? | 20 |
| Declined to dance | 17 |
| Declined, as a tide | 19 |
| Declined, as crafts | 19 |
| Declined, as stocks | 19 |
| Decliner of 1964's Nobel Prize for Literature | 49 |
| Decliner of a Security Council permanent seat | 45 |
| Declines | 8 |
| Declines (with "out of") | 34 |
| Declines a dance | 16 |
| Declines drugs? | 15 |
| Declines in cognitive capacity | 30 |
| Declines in power | 17 |
| Declines in value | 17 |
| Declines little by little: 2 wds. | 33 |
| Declines rapidly | 16 |
| Declines to accept | 18 |
| Declines to decide | 18 |
| Declines to participate | 23 |
| Declines to participate, with "out" | 45 |
| Declines to take part, with "out" | 43 |
| Declines with a check, maybe | 28 |
| Declines, as a plumber? | 23 |
| Declines, as in price | 21 |
| Declines, in a way | 18 |
| Declines, verbally | 18 |
| Declines, with ''out'' | 38 |
| Declines, with "out of" | 33 |
| Declines, with "out" | 30 |
| Declining | 9 |
| Declining answers | 17 |
| Declining business in the digital era | 37 |
| Declining comments | 18 |
| Declining currency | 18 |
| Declining from old age | 22 |
| Declining in health | 19 |
| Declining in later years | 24 |
| Declining in power | 18 |
| Declining responses | 19 |
| Declining seriously | 19 |
| Declining state | 15 |
| Declining trend | 15 |
| Declining votes | 15 |