The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SKIMP , but the solution may also be SCRIMP which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).
Cut corners crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SKIMP | 37 % | 5 |
| SCRIMP | 19 % | 6 |
| MITER | 12 % | 5 |
| CROP | 7 % | 4 |
| SCRIMPED | 5 % | 8 |
| TRIM | 5 % | 4 |
| STINT | 5 % | 5 |
| SAVETIME | 2 % | 8 |
| SNIP | 2 % | 4 |
| SPED | 2 % | 4 |
| BEVEL | 2 % | 5 |
| STINTED | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cut corners
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut off a corner
- get around
- work around
- take the easy way out
- bypass
- beat the system
- sneak past
- go round
- shortcut
- cut and run
- divebomb
- jump the lights
Crossword Answer definitions
SKIMP verb- To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
- (in the plural) Underwear.
- To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
- To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
- Scanty.
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 SKIMP
- Pinch pennies
- Be frugal
- Economize
- Cut back
- Cut corners
- Be very thrifty
- Practice frugality
- Cut back a lot
- Be stingy
- Underspend
More clues leading to the result SCRIMP
- Practice frugality
- Stretch a dollar
- Cut back
- Cut back financially
- Economize
- Be frugal
- Pinch pennies
- Be miserly
- Make do
- Live frugally
More clues leading to the result MITER
- Bishop's topper
- Cut at a 45-degree angle
- __ box (carpenter's aid)
- Bishop's hat
- Kind of joint
- Kind of joint in carpentry
- Carpenter's corner cut
- Carpentry joint
- Liturgical headdress
- Cut corners?
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 SCRIMPED
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 STINT
- Assignment
- Cut corners
- Tour of duty
- Stretch
- Hitch
- Be frugal
- Temp job duration
- Time on the job
- Unbroken work period
- Job shift
More clues leading to the result SAVETIME
- Cut corners
- Skip over nonessentials, say
- Take a shortcut
- Do a hurry-up job
- Avoid wasted minutes
- Be more efficient, in a way
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 SPED
- Flew by
- Floored it
- Hurried
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Tore
- Exceeded the limit
- Hustled
- Made haste
- Ignored the posted limits
- Went like the wind
More clues leading to the result BEVEL
- Angle other than right
- Carpenter's tool (hint: it doesn't start with L)
- Angle of some window panes
- Slanted surface
- Cut at an angle
- Cut obliquely
- Angular cut
- Angled edge, as on a plank
- Incline
- Incline or slant