Cut WSJ Crossword Clue

• (verb)
  1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  2. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• (noun)
  1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  2. the act of clipping or snipping

• CUT (noun)
  1. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
  2. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
• CUT (verb)
  1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
  2. cut down on; make a reduction in
• CUT (adjective)
  1. made neat and tidy by trimming
  2. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

• NIX
  (3 letters)
• MOW
  (3 letters)
• CHOP
  (4 letters)
• SEVER
  (5 letters)
• LOP
  (3 letters)
• SAWN
  (4 letters)
• HEWED
  (5 letters)
• AXE
  (3 letters)
• SCISSOR
  (7 letters)
• MOWN
  (4 letters)
• OMIT
  (4 letters)
• SNIPPED
  (7 letters)
• SHORTEN
  (7 letters)
• SHARE
  (5 letters)
• PARE
  (4 letters)
• SAWED
  (5 letters)
• CROP
  (4 letters)
• HEW
  (3 letters)
• PRUNE
  (5 letters)
• SAW
  (3 letters)
• SHEAR
  (5 letters)
• SLASH
  (5 letters)
• SLICE
  (5 letters)
• AXED
  (4 letters)
• CLIP
  (4 letters)
• SLIT
  (4 letters)

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