Reduces
The crossword clue "Reduces" is answered by PARES, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PARES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARES answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PARES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARES, most used first.
- Trims - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
- Whittles (down) - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Cuts back - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Peels - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Whittles - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Cuts (down) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Removes the rind from - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Skins - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Trims back - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cuts back on - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Trims (down) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Reduces to bits - RICES, used 12 times
- Reduces to rubble - RAZES, used 6 times
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