The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHEARS , but the solution may also be SNIPSOFF which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in USA Today).
Clips crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHEARS | 33 % | 6 |
| SNIPSOFF | 17 % | 8 |
| TRIMS | 17 % | 5 |
| CUTS | 8 % | 4 |
| EXCERPTS | 8 % | 8 |
| LOPS | 8 % | 4 |
| GAITS | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clips
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
SHEARS 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 SHEARS
- Health scare of 2002-'03
- Topiarist's tool
- Hedge-trimming tool
- Hedge trimmers
- Topiary tool
- Dressmaker's tool
- Woolshed tool
- Removes with clippers
- Hedge trimmer's tool
- Clipping tool
More clues leading to the result SNIPSOFF
More clues leading to the result TRIMS
- Neatens
- Adjusts the sails
- Decorates
- Adorns
- Does some editing
- Downsizes
- Cuts hair slightly
- Garnishes
- Some barbershop services
- Takes a little off
More clues leading to the result CUTS
- Abridges
- Belt-tightening
- Film editor's work
- Loin and shank, e.g.
- Clips
- Bags a class, so to speak
- Songs on albums
- Plays pranks, with "up"
- Slashes
- Budget decisions
More clues leading to the result EXCERPTS
- Selected parts of longer works
- Contents of a digest.
- Quotes in book reviews
- Clips
- Selected passages
- Movie or broadcast clips
More clues leading to the result LOPS
- Cuts (off)
- Trims
- Prunes
- Takes a bough?
- Does some pruning
- Cuts off
- Hacks off
- Trims the tree
- Uses an ax
- Cuts off, as tree limbs