Whittle down
The crossword clue "Whittle down" is answered by PARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 103 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
PARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARE answer page.
Used 103 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 23 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- PLANE (1 uses in xd)
Related clues
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