Whittles (down)
The crossword clue "Whittles (down)" is answered by PARES, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 13 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 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 13 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.
- DDDDD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PARES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARES, most used first.
- Trims - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
- Cuts back - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Peels - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Reduces - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- 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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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