When working through “Cut back”, these entries offer direction based on repeated appearances in puzzles that featured a similar clue layout, wording style, and solving logic.
Possible Answers:
- PARE
- PARED
- PRUNE
- LOP
- PRUNED
- SKIMP
- REDUCE
- TRIMMED
- REDUCED
- ECONOMIZE
- TRIM
- RETRENCH
- SCALEDOWN
- ABATE
- LESSENED
Synonyms and Definitions
PARE
- Synonyms: pare down, peel, skin, trim, whittle
PARED
- Synonyms: par, pare
PRUNE
- Synonyms: clip, crop, cut, dress, lop, rationalise, rationalize, snip
LOP
- Synonyms: discerp, prune, sever
SKIMP
- Synonyms: scant, scrimp, stint
REDUCE
- Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, boil down, bring down, come down, concentrate, contract, cut down, decoct, deoxidise, deoxidize, dilute, foreshorten, keep down, lose weight, melt off, quash, repress, scale down, shorten, shrink, slenderize, slim, slim down, subdue, subjugate, thin, thin out, tighten, trim back, trim down
TRIMMED
- Synonyms: garnish, reduce, shave
REDUCED
- Synonyms: decreased, rock-bottom
ECONOMIZE
- Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband, save
TRIM
- Synonyms: clean-cut, clipping, passementerie, shipshape, spare, tailored, trig, trimming, trimness, well-kept
ABATE
- Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off, slake
LESSENED
- Synonyms: decrease, diminish, diminished, fall, lessen, minify, subside, vitiated, weakened