Scale down
The crossword clue "Scale down" is answered by PARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 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 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 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.
- REDUCE (1 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
- Cut back - used 56 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
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.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- Stepped down - ALIT, used 108 times
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