The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHAVE , but the solution may also be SHEAR which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Cut close crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAVE | 29 % | 5 |
| MOWN | 29 % | 4 |
| CROP | 21 % | 4 |
| SHEAR | 14 % | 5 |
| SHAVED | 7 % | 6 |
Why may SHEAR be the right solution?
The word "shear" can mean to cut close or trim, making it the right answer for the clue "Cut close."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cut close
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crop
- shave
- shaved
- mown
- chisel
- chiseled
- chiselled
- trews
- crip
- kern
- shaven
- jumper
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAVE verb- To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- To cut anything in this fashion.
- To remove hair from one's face by this means.
- To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
- To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- To reduce in size or weight.
- To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
- To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
- An instance of shaving.
- A thin slice; a shaving.
- An exorbitant discount on a note.
- A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
- A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
- A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
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 SHAVE
- Pare
- Use a razor
- Tonsorial task
- Lose one's shadow?
- Hairy experience
- Clear the stubble
- Barbershop service
- Get rid of a five o'clock shadow
- Get rid of the Fu Manchu
- Barber's service
More clues leading to the result MOWN
- Freshly cut, as a lawn
- Cut
- Cut with a scythe
- Sheared
- "... like rain upon the ___ grass" (Psalms)
- Cut, as grass
- Like a trim lawn
- Cut, as blades
- Like fairways, fairly often
- Cut, as a lawn
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