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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HEW
Strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"

MOW
A loft in a barn where hay is stored

LOP
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

SAW
A power tool for cutting wood

AXE
Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"

4 letters

SAWN

NICK
Mate successfully; of livestock

CHOP
A grounder that bounces high in the air

PARE
Decrease gradually or bit by bit

SKIP
A mistake resulting from neglect

HACK
Kick on the shins

ETCH
Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

SNIP
The act of clipping or snipping

MOWN
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay"

SLIT
A long narrow opening

CROP
A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

AXED

BITE
A portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

CLIP
A sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"

DELE

OMIT
Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

HEWN
Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush"

GASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

5 letters

SHEAR
Cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"

SHAVE
The act of removing hair with a razor

SAWED

HEWED

SLICE
Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

KNIFE
Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

MOWED

SLASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

CARVE
Cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"

SEVER
Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

SHARE
Have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

PARED

LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

TERSE
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

6 letters

GASHED

LESION
Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part

REDUCE
Take off weight

FELLED

LOPPED

SLICED
Used of meat; cut into pieces for serving

DELETE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

DOCKED

INCISE
Make an incision into by carving or cutting

7 letters

SCISSOR
Cut with or as if with scissors

SLASHED
(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"

SHEARED
Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"

ABRIDGE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

SEVERED
Detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"

SHORTEN
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

EDITOUT
Cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"

8 letters

DECREASE
The act of decreasing or reducing something

INCISION
The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

LESSENED
Decreased in severity; made less harsh

9 letters

SHORTENED
Cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

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