Chopping down
The crossword clue "Chopping down" is answered by AXING, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AXING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXING answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 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.
- HEWING (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AXING
Every other clue in this collection answered by AXING, most used first.
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- Firing - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Pink-slipping - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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