Sweeping cut

The answer

SLASH

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLASH

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

• Reduce drastically - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Cut drastically - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Virgule - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Cut drastically, as prices - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Reduce, as prices - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut, as prices - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Forest debris. - used 13 times, most recently in 1984
• Reduce drastically, as prices - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Drastically reduce, as prices - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Cut - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• URL part - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• URL separator - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Guns N' Roses guitarist - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Not just trim - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Diagonal line - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sword stroke - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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
• Cut - SEVER, used 63 times
• Cut corners - SKIMP, used 42 times
• V-shaped cut - NOTCH, used 42 times
• Cut into cubes - DICED, used 40 times
• Cut at an angle - BEVEL, used 34 times

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