Answer to "Cutting out" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AXING , but the solution may also be TRUANCY which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in New York Times).

Cutting out crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
AXING	20 %	5
TRUANCY	20 %	7
OMITTING	20 %	8
ABSENT	20 %	6
CEASING	20 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cutting out

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

• ablation
• excision
• extirpation
• cutting off
• cut out
• cut off
• cut away
• cut down
• eliminating
• chop off
• removing
• cut back

Crossword Answer definitions

AXING 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.

AXING 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.

AXING verb

1. To furnish with an axle.

AXING noun

1. An assault carried out with an axe.

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 AXING

• Getting rid of
• Giving the pink slip
• Making staff cuts
• Taking off the payroll
• Terminating
• Firing
• Giving the sack
• Tree work
• Personnel job
• Pink-slipping

More clues leading to the result TRUANCY

• Classless act?
• Hooky-playing
• School problem.
• School problem
• Cutting out?
• Cutting crime?
• Student misdemeanor

More clues leading to the result OMITTING

• Leaving out
• Skipping over
• Neglecting.
• Cutting out
• Minus

More clues leading to the result ABSENT

• Away
• Not attending
• Report-card notation
• Roll-book heading
• Like a classless individual?
• Not at school
• Not here
• Not in class
• Playing hooky
• Elsewhere

More clues leading to the result CEASING

• Discontinuing
• Letting up
• Cutting out
• Ending.
• Coming to an end.
• Terminating.
• Stopping.
• Desisting.
• Refraining.
• Leaving off.