Cut back
The crossword clue "Cut back" is answered by PARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 56 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARE answer page.
Used 56 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 17 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.
- PRUNED (7 uses in xd)
- REDUCE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for PARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARE, most used first.
- Whittle down - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Trim - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Peel - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Whittle - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Reduce - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Trim down - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Remove the rind from - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Rid of rind - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Skin - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Shave - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Reduce, as expenses - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Scale down - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Back talk - SASS, used 334 times
- Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times
- Narrow cut - SLIT, used 186 times
- Deep cut - GASH, used 164 times
- Talk back to - SASS, used 156 times
- Pork cut - LOIN, used 107 times
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