Each of these answers for “Cut short” has appeared in crossword puzzles where the clue was written the same way or with nearly identical phrasing. They’ve been used successfully to complete those grids.
Answers:
- ABBREVIATE
- TRUNCATED
- MOW
- CURTAIL
- TRUNCATE
- STOP
- CURTAILED
- CROP
- ABORT
- DOCKED
- CROPPED
- SHORN
- LEAVEUNFINISHED
- SNIP
- PUTANENDTO
- NIP
- CLIP
- POSTPONE
- ABBREVIATED
- SEVER
Synonyms and Definitions
ABBREVIATE
- Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
TRUNCATED
- Synonyms: abbreviated, shortened, truncate
MOW
- Synonyms: cut down, hayloft, haymow, mop, pout
CURTAIL
- Synonyms: clip, curb, cut back, restrict
TRUNCATE
- Synonyms: truncated
STOP
- Synonyms: arrest, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, blockage, break, break off, catch, cease, check, closure, contain, diaphragm, discontinue, end, finish, full point, full stop, give up, halt, hitch, hold back, hold on, intercept, kibosh, lay off, layover, occlusion, occlusive, period, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, point, quit, stay, stop consonant, stop over, stopover, stoppage, terminate, turn back
CURTAILED
- Synonyms: curtail
CROP
- Synonyms: browse, craw, cultivate, dress, graze, harvest, lop, pasture, prune, range, snip, trim, work
DOCKED
- Synonyms: bob, dock, tail
CROPPED
- Synonyms: crop
SHORN
- Synonyms: sheared
SNIP
- Synonyms: clipping, nip, nip off, snip off, snippet, snipping
NIP
- Synonyms: chilliness, coolness, flavor, flavour, jap, pinch, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, shot, smack, squeeze, tang, tanginess, tweet, twinge, twitch, zest
CLIP
- Synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, jog, magazine, time, trot
POSTPONE
- Synonyms: defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table
ABBREVIATED
- Synonyms: abbreviate, brief
SEVER
- Synonyms: break up, discerp
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- MOW also appears as an answer in Cut crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- MOW also appears as an answer in Trim crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 letters.
- TRUNCATE also appears as an answer in Cut off crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 15 letters.
- SHORN also appears as an answer in Clipped crossword clue 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- POSTPONE also appears as an answer in Put off crossword clue 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 letters.