Cut back a bit Crossword Clue

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TRIM

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(adjective)
1. made neat and tidy by trimming

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BACK (noun)
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
BACK (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. establish as valid or genuine
BACK (adverb)
1. in or to or toward a past time
2. at or to or toward the back or rear
BACK (adjective)
1. located at or near the back of an animal
2. of an earlier date
CUT (noun)
1. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
2. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
CUT (verb)
1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
2. cut down on; make a reduction in
CUT (adjective)
1. made neat and tidy by trimming
2. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TRIM
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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MIDTERM

More NYT Crossword (10/7/2026) Answers

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15. Come again

16. Curry complements

17. Call to cruisers, for short

18. Well-manored men?

19. Some concert refuse

20. Staunchly loyal

22. Solo for a soprano

23. Wrecks beyond repair

24. Popular date night

28. Event-planning platform

29. Big blare

30. "I do"

31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River

32. "Been there, done that"

36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones

41. Protein source

43. "That's infuriating!"

46. B.C. neighbor

47. Kid's comeback

48. Macs and wellies, e.g.

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52. Spots that may need clearing up

53. Aquaman's domain

55. Brought into being

57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs

58. In Rio, janeiro starts it

59. Mislead

60. Expression de gratitude

61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner

62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire

63. Serious schleps

64. Lush

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Down

1. Break to pieces

2. Gently scolded

3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"

4. Knob on an amplifier

5. Becomes good as new

6. Silk shade

7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures

8. IV sites

9. Collecting org.

10. E-cigarette claim

11. Durable

12. Shin guards protect them

13. Some chemistry lab procedures

21. Vexes

25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube

26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over"

27. Peck or parsec

32. Patterned fabric

33. Afro-Cuban dance

34. Big name in cloud services

35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show

37. Regalia for some queens

38. Monitor closely, with "on"

39. Slowly get familiar with

42. Chuck

43. Pinup icon Betty

44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps

45. Close lookalike

47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"

49. Real swell

50. All-night party attendee

51. In need of tightening, maybe

54. Start to fade

56. Trucker's measure

57. Paycheck fig.

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