Cut back

The answer

PARED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARED answer page.

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 7 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.

• PARE (56 uses in xd)
• PRUNE (26 uses in xd)
• PRUNED (7 uses in xd)
• REDUCE (7 uses in xd)
• TRIM (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for PARED

Every other clue in this collection answered by PARED, most used first.

• Peeled - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Trimmed - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Trimmed down - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Reduced - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Whittled - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Cut down - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Skinned - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Used a vegetable peeler - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Whittled (down) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Removed the rind from - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Did a KP chore - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Peeled with a knife - used 6 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.

• Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
• Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
• Drive back - REPEL, used 82 times
• Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
• Back biter - MOLAR, used 66 times
• Cut - SEVER, used 63 times

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