Cuts
The crossword clue "Cuts" is answered by HEWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEWS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEWS answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 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.
- SLASHES (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEWS, most used first.
- Chops down - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Chops - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Cuts down - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Does a hatchet job on - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Fells - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes an axe to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Conforms (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Fells with an ax - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Hacks with an axe - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Cuts off - LOPS, used 94 times
- Cuts off - ENDS, used 62 times
- Short cuts - BOBS, used 29 times
- Cuts the grass - MOWS, used 13 times
- Cuts off, as branches - LOPS, used 11 times
- Cold-cuts emporium - DELI, used 10 times
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