Cut short
The crossword clue "Cut short" is answered by ABORT, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ABORT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABORT answer page.
Used 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TRUNCATE (11 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABORT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABORT, most used first.
- Cancel - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrub, as a mission - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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