Cut down Crossword Clue

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AXED

(4 letters)

HEWN

(4 letters)

PARE

(4 letters)

ABASE

(5 letters)

HEWED

(5 letters)

SLASH

(5 letters)

SLAIN

(5 letters)

PARED

(5 letters)

FELL

(4 letters)

LESSEN

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. make or shape as with an axe
2. strike with an axe; cut down, strike

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down
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

AXED
(4 letters)
HEWN
(4 letters)
PARE
(4 letters)
ABASE
(5 letters)
HEWED
(5 letters)
SLASH
(5 letters)
SLAIN
(5 letters)
PARED
(5 letters)
FELL
(4 letters)
LESSEN
(6 letters)

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All Answers

Down

1. Exam for a prospective osteopath

2. Ration out

3. Trail left by a jet

4. Sigmatism

5. When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked"

6. Like some cookies or ice cream treats

7. Money in Laos

8. R-V hookup?

9. Writes off over time

10. Stink eye

11. Engrave

13. Design bit

19. Shish __

20. God rejected by Daphne in myth

22. Object

25. Land of llamas and Llosa

26. Since

29. Bout stoppers, in brief

30. It might appear to give you options

31. Supplementary result

33. Like a body temperature of around 98.6°F

35. Gently apply

36. Schadenfreude source

37. Riff like Ella Fitzgerald

38. ___ Sunak, former British P.M.

43. Word shouted before and after "yes"

46. Fashion icon Wang

48. Substance in which many insects have been fossilized

49. Tree with papery bark

50. Onetime Persian title

52. ___ Allen, jazz pianist

53. Place in both the Quran and the Bible

54. Famous film pooch

57. Askew

58. Big 12 athlete

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