Answer to "Cut closely" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHAVE , but the solution may also be CROP which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).

Cut closely crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHAVE	57 %	5
CROP	29 %	4
MOWN	14 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cut closely

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• shave
• shaven
• crop
• mown
• trim
• trimmed
• bleed
• allowance
• anatomize
• approximate
• bend
• breathe

Crossword Answer definitions

SHAVE verb

1. 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.
2. To cut anything in this fashion.
3. To remove hair from one's face by this means.
4. To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
5. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
6. To reduce in size or weight.
7. To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
8. 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.

SHAVE noun

1. An instance of shaving.
2. A thin slice; a shaving.
3. An exorbitant discount on a note.
4. 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.
5. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
6. 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 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 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