The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHEAR , but the solution may also be PACE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHEAR | 39 % | 5 |
| PACE | 12 % | 4 |
| SNIP | 12 % | 4 |
| RATE | 9 % | 4 |
| SCISSOR | 7 % | 7 |
| SPEED | 3 % | 5 |
| TRIM | 3 % | 4 |
| CUTOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| GAIT | 2 % | 4 |
| CROP | 2 % | 4 |
| LOP | 2 % | 3 |
| DETACH | 1 % | 6 |
| FASTENER | 1 % | 8 |
| PRUNE | 1 % | 5 |
| SHORTEN | 1 % | 7 |
| ATTACH | 1 % | 6 |
| RAE | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clip
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- curtail
- lop
- snip
- trim
- cut short
- cut back
- jog
- dress
- trot
- magazine
- nip
- crop
Crossword Answer definitions
SHEAR noun- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To make a vertical cut in the coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SHEAR
More clues leading to the result PACE
- Runner's rate
- 8 minutes per mile, e.g.
- New York City campus
- It might need to be picked up
- Act worried
- Salsa that isn't "made in New York City!?!?"
- Wear out the carpet
- Show impatience
- Exhibit impatience
- Rate
More clues leading to the result SNIP
- Cut coupons
- Do a tonsorial task
- Impertinent one
- Quick cut
- Do some coupon-cutting
- Follow the dotted line, perhaps
- Small cut
- Barber's cut
- Cut into
- Get coupons
More clues leading to the result RATE
- $150 per hour, for example
- Assess
- Deserve
- Deserve, as a raise
- How interest is shown
- Have importance
- "At any ___"
- Appraise
- Designate PG-13
- Designate as PG-13, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SCISSOR
- ___ Sisters
- Kind of kick
- Shear
- Snip
- Move crisply back and forth, as one's legs
- Clip, as a coupon
- Cut, as coupons
- Clip out, as a coupon
- Clip
- Cut with shears
More clues leading to the result SPEED
- Floor it
- Risk a summons
- Defy the limit
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rate of movement
- Velocity
- Exceed the limit
- Risk a ticket
- Ignore the limit
- Going rate?
More clues leading to the result TRIM
- Lean
- Shaping at the salon
- Short clip
- Svelte
- Use clippers
- Cut corners
- Touch up, as this puzzle's subject does to a beard (See STEPS)
- In shape
- A little off?
- Athletic
More clues leading to the result CUTOUT
- Paper doll, for example
- Delete
- Figure often made of cardboard
- Paper doll, say
- Remove from the magazine, as coupons
- Snip from the newspaper
- Clip
- Stop
- Paper design.
- Childhood delight.
More clues leading to the result GAIT
- Speed afoot
- Way of walking
- Stride
- Trot, e.g.
- Walk or trot
- Way to go
- Dressage pace
- Gallop or canter
- Trotting or pacing
- Walking manner
More clues leading to the result CROP
- Harvest haul
- Rider's whip
- Trim
- Farmer's concern
- Riding whip
- Trim a hedge or photograph
- Jockey's whip
- __-duster (kind of airplane)
- Cut short
- Cut, as an ex-friend from a picture
More clues leading to the result LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result DETACH
- Take apart
- Rip off
- Take off
- Break off
- Disengage
- Disconnect, as a notepad page
- Separate
- Become separated
- Remove, as a coupon
- Unfasten
More clues leading to the result FASTENER
- Clip, e.g.
- Snap, e.g.
- Brad, for one
- Paper clip, e.g.
- Bolt or button.
- Pin.
- Zipper, for one.
- Clasp
- Clip
- Staple, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PRUNE
- Cut back
- Do a gardening job
- Trim a limb
- Do some topiary
- Cut back in the garden
- Trim
- Trim greenery
- Stewed fruit
- Former plum?
- Kind of whip
More clues leading to the result SHORTEN
More clues leading to the result ATTACH
- Garnish, as wages
- Stick to
- Append
- Glom on to
- Add on
- Include, as with an email
- Clip on
- Make fast
- Staple
- Use a binder clip