Answer to "Cutting implement" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AXE , but the solution may also be WHIPSAW which is one of the most recent solution (1962 in New York Times).

Cutting implement crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
AXE	50 %	3
WHIPSAW	50 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cutting implement

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

• cutting tool
• box cutter
• butcher knife
• glass cutter
• crosscut saw
• bolt cutter
• surgical instrument
• pocket knife
• razor blade
• cigar cutter
• blunt instrument
• paring knife

Crossword Answer definitions

AXE noun

1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. A dismissal or rejection.
4. A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
5. A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

AXE verb

1. To fell or chop with an axe.
2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

AXE noun

1. The axle of a wheel.

AXE verb

1. To furnish with an axle.

AXE verb

1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
4. To request or petition; usually with for.
5. To request permission to do something.
6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
7. To invite.
8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

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 AXE

• Boot out
• Bunyan's tool
• Cut
• Fire
• Fireman's tool
• Give the boot
• Paul Bunyan's tool
• Show the door to
• Chop
• Cleaver

More clues leading to the result WHIPSAW

• Jerk in two directions
• Affect with opposite forces
• Affect with two opposing forces at once
• Two-person log-cutting tool
• *Two-person log cutter
• Two-person cutting tool
• Beset in two ways at once
• Lumberman's cutting instrument.
• Lumberjack's implement.
• Cutting implement.