Short cuts
The crossword clue "Short cuts" is answered by SNIPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SNIPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIPS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 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.
- TIMESAVERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIPS, most used first.
- Quick cuts - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Salon sounds - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Cuts - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
- Barbershop sounds - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Cuts with scissors - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Quick scissor cuts - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Scissors sounds - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Uses scissors - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Little cuts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Uses shears - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Short-tempered - TESTY, used 76 times
- Narrow cuts - SLITS, used 58 times
- Cuts into cubes - DICES, used 54 times
- Prenatal test, for short - AMNIO, used 52 times
- Short putt - TAPIN, used 51 times
- Short skirts - MINIS, used 51 times
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