Cut short
The crossword clue "Cut short" is answered by CLIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CLIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLIP answer page.
Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 12 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 CLIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CLIP, most used first.
- Cut out, as coupons - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Film excerpt - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Narrow cut - SLIT, used 186 times
- Deep cut - GASH, used 164 times
- Short skirt - MINI, used 149 times
- Get ready, for short - PREP, used 123 times
- And others, for short - ETAL, used 111 times
- Pork cut - LOIN, used 107 times
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