Cut down to size Crossword Clue

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ABASE

(5 letters)

CROP

(4 letters)

CHASTEN

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
2. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SIZE (noun)
1. the actual state of affairs
2. any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics
SIZE (verb)
1. cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
2. make to a size; bring to a suitable size
SIZE (adjective)
1. (used in combination) sized
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

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ABASE
(5 letters)
CROP
(4 letters)
CHASTEN
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (5/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Breath-taking effort

5. Bed topper

8. Give and take?

12. What's past prologue

13. "No joke!"

14. Promissory note

15. Refusal to return

17. Slow Movement

18. Inaugurated

19. Put together for keeps

20. Raised figure

21. Moves back and forth a bit

22. Triviality

26. Raised figure

27. Address line

28. __ coat

31. Barreled

32. Check in progress

33. Capital-sounding queen

34. "This __ o' the earth": Shak.

35. 27-Across direction

36. Cashiers

37. Overly eager

40. West Indies isle taking euros

42. Ecdysis, in ornithology

43. Work on a farm

44. Really receptive

47. Emerged

48. Makes space

50. Goes without

51. Color of cattle, cats, etc.

52. Nonstop

53. Grooming candidates

54. Sure statement

55. Give up

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Down

1. Gift you'll hear about

2. Formidable ones in flight

3. Get too hot

4. What some decks are made for

5. Dazed and confused

6. Net

7. What comes in rounds

8. Put on ice

9. Inertia antonym, sort of

11. Slow motions

13. What the Museum der Kulturen overlooks

14. Present-day mover

16. Attribute

19. Brat, e.g.

21. Major breakthrough

22. Big name in crisis management

23. Trail guide

24. Intel CPU accelerator

25. Pointless

29. Counter top

30. Poaching target

32. Open positions

33. Stall of a sort

35. Extreme sports

36. Heavyweight in the water

38. Picks apart

39. Filipino language's name

40. Break the law, by one's own admission

41. Sharp spasm

44. Nutrient-rich styling agent

45. Give in to 9-Down

46. Went after

48. Break down

49. __ quarti (Asti "almost")

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