Shave
The crossword clue "Shave" is answered by PARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 8 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 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 8 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.
- EPILATE (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
- 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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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