Trim down Crossword Clue

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SHEAR

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
2. strip the skin off

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
TRIM (verb)
1. cut down on; make a reduction in
2. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
TRIM (adjective)
1. thin and fit
2. neat and smart in appearance
TRIM (noun)
1. cutting down to the desired size or shape
2. a decoration or adornment on a garment

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SHEAR
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Universal Crossword (6/28/2024) Answers

Across

1. Biodegradable drinking tubes

12. Govt. ID issuer

15. "Beats me"

16. One may be a groaner

17. "SNL" sketch in which Will Ferrell loudly plays a certain hand percussion instrument

18. Fitting

19. Sailor's assent

20. Parts of underground rock bands?

21. Jousters’ weapons

23. Brought to court

24. Not as moist

25. Some utensils for consuming pho

28. Take a self-care day, say

31. … never mind then

32. "___ me!" ("I'll take a cold one!")

33. Fluffy lapdog for short

34. One hundred, in Spanish

35. Word before "pyramid" or "cannonball"

36. Try again

37. Mathematician Lovelace

38. "Gnossiennes" composer Satie

39. Artsy hat, stereotypically

40. Protective camera covers

43. Season-ending episode

44. Dual degree for a research scientist

45. Gait between walk and canter

46. Over the line, say

47. I can hear you you know

48. What this answer shares with the answers to 46- and 47-Across

51. Cozy lodging

52. Denizen of the deep

55. CDC HQ locale

56. Place to order a long black

57. Camera-___ (reluctant to be photographed)

58. Fashion associated with youth culture

All Answers

Down

1. Cotton variety

2. "Greetings, sailor!"

4. Night before

5. Narrate

6. Sleeps loudly, in a way

7. Pulled behind

8. Sauce-covered fare at a cookout

9. Citrus drink suffix

10. "Aww, nuts"

11. Job interview topic

12. "Dune," for one

13. Professional poser

14. Raisins, in a childhood snack

22. Medical research org.

23. Before long

25. L.A.'s region

26. Time for a rainbow-colored parade

27. Totally unique

28. Big rigs

29. Patio furniture wood

30. Ham it up onstage

32. Belch

35. Adjustable part of a car seat

36. Tenant's payment

39. Organic matter used as fuel

41. Moisturizer initials

42. Runs after, as a cat toy

43. Least restricted

45. ___-point line

46. Aunts, in Argentina

47. Farmland measurement

48. July gem

49. Type of report

50. 'If I ___ you . . .'

53. When to celebrate / Haiku Poetry Day, yay! / (abbreviation)

54. Young kid

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