This list for “Take away” contains entries used in published crosswords that featured the same wording. Each answer was confirmed through puzzle completions, not guesswork.
Answers:
- SUBTRACT
- DEDUCT
- REMOVE
- MINUS
- DETRACT
- DELETE
- RELIEVE
- DRAWOFF
- WITHDRAW
- CARTOFF
- ABDUCT
- LESS
- REVOKE
- GOOFFWITH
Synonyms and Definitions
SUBTRACT
- Synonyms: deduct, take off
DEDUCT
- Synonyms: deduce, derive, infer, recoup, subtract, withhold
REMOVE
- Synonyms: absent, bump off, dispatch, get rid of, hit, move out, murder, off, polish off, slay, take, take out, transfer, withdraw
- Definition: level of symbolic gap or division; or
MINUS
- Synonyms: negative, subtraction
DELETE
- Synonyms: blue-pencil, cancel, edit, erase
RELIEVE
- Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, excuse, exempt, free, let off, lighten, palliate, remedy, salvage, salve, save, still, take over, unbosom
WITHDRAW
- Synonyms: adjourn, back away, back out, bow out, call back, call in, crawfish, crawfish out, disengage, draw, draw back, draw off, move back, pull away, pull back, pull in ones horns, recall, recede, remove, retire, retreat, seclude, sequester, sequestrate, swallow, take back, unsay
ABDUCT
- Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch
REVOKE
- Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, renege, repeal, rescind, reverse, vacate