Cut back
The crossword clue "Cut back" is answered by REDUCE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REDUCE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REDUCE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for REDUCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by REDUCE, most used first.
- Lessen - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Decrease - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose weight - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Talks back to - SASSES, used 58 times
- "Cut that out!" - STOPIT, used 47 times
- Go back on a promise - RENEGE, used 46 times
- Take back - RECANT, used 35 times
- Get back - RECOUP, used 32 times
- Go back (on) - RENEGE, used 31 times
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