The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PARES , but the solution may also be TRIMS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Cuts back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARES | 45 % | 5 |
| TRIMS | 31 % | 5 |
| CURBS | 10 % | 5 |
| PRUNES | 7 % | 6 |
| LOPS | 3 % | 4 |
| SKIMPS | 3 % | 6 |
Why may PRUNES be the right solution?
The word "prunes" can mean to cut back or trim, especially in reference to plants or trees.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cuts back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut back
- cutback
- cutting
- cut away
- cut down
- cut in
- cutter
- cutdown
- cut off
- cutover
- cut across
- cut out
Crossword Answer definitions
PARES verb- To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
- (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
- To trim the hoof of a horse
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 PARES
- Readies potatoes
- Skins
- Removes the covering
- Shaves off
- Whittles down
- Cuts drastically
- Peels
- Cuts back
- Trims
- Cuts back on
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 CURBS
- Limits
- Checks
- Controls
- Parking meter places
- Places for recycling
- Cuts back
- Restrains
- Hydrant locales
- Puts the brakes on
- Urban borders
More clues leading to the result PRUNES
- Lops
- Dried fruit
- Does some tree maintenance
- Cuts back, in a garden
- Dried plums
- Lops and tops
- Trims in the garden
- Maintains the shrubbery
- Trims
- Cuts back
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