Make the cut? Crossword Clue

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Make the cut? Crossword Answer

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LOP

(3 letters)

PARE

(4 letters)

OPERATE

(7 letters)

EDIT

(4 letters)

SNIP

(4 letters)

TRIM

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a power tool for cutting wood
2. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
(verb)
1. cut with a saw

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MAKE (verb)
1. put in order or neaten
2. eliminate urine
MAKE (noun)
1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
2. a recognizable kind
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

LOP
(3 letters)
PARE
(4 letters)
OPERATE
(7 letters)
EDIT
(4 letters)
SNIP
(4 letters)
TRIM
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
WAS

More Universal Crossword (5/14/2026) Answers

Across

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6. Sparkly stones

10. Subside

13. Smitten

15. Cookie that might be eaten creme-first

16. Phillipa of Hamilton

17. He shot an apple off the head of his 19-Across

19. See 17 across

20. Skater Midori

21. On a vast body of water

22. "Felt cute, might ___ later" (Instagram caption)

24. Give an encouraging smile, maybe

27. Quite a few

28. It's smaller than the Quaffle and Bludgers

31. Brake disc

34. U.S. spy org.

35. Adios!

36. Blueberry pie ___ mode

40. Pet that barks

42. 100%

43. In a lazy way

45. Platform for Apple's GarageBand

47. Recover in spirit

49. Burrowing rodent that's surprisingly not hairless

53. Locale

54. "The Breakfast Club" setting

58. Hun who partly inspired Shan Yu's character in "Mulan"

60. Mami's counterpart

61. Place where the cucumbers aren't for eating?

62. Profile blurb

63. Ones seeking brownie points, maybe ... and a phonetic hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 49-Across

66. Flightless bird that won a 1932 Australian "war"

67. Jason's ship

68. Grieve

69. Holiday in Hanoi

70. Begin a turn on "Wheel of Fortune"

71. Cheeky

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Down

1. Fuzzy fruits

2. Bring together

3. Divvy up

4. omg 2 funny

5. Some Ray-Bans

6. "Can I ask you something?"

7. "Able was I ___ ... "

8. Portmanteau meaning "fuse"

9. Somber

10. Word before "oil" or "worker"

11. Late-night Grindr message, often

12. Femur, for one

14. Still life prop?

18. Honeyed drink

23. Secular

25. Before now

26. Oklahoma city on the Chisholm Trail

29. __ Paulo

30. "___ guacamole!"

31. Come down

32. Ancient

33. "Use your words, not your fists!"

38. Skee-Ball skill

39. Timber

41. Icy Sicilian sweet treats

44. Big name in travel mugs

46. Overlooked, in slang

48. QB's try

50. Slope symbols, in math

51. And others: Abbr

52. What two south poles do

55. Bits of land in the ocean

56. Performs before the headliner

57. Like a month-old avocado

58. Create a diversion for, maybe

59. Lobby for seniors

64. __ Fridays

65. Interview sesh on Reddit

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