The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PARED , but the solution may also be MINI which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Downsized crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARED | 25 % | 5 |
| MINI | 17 % | 4 |
| SMALLER | 17 % | 7 |
| SHRANK | 17 % | 6 |
| SLIMMER | 8 % | 7 |
| SHRUNK | 8 % | 6 |
| LETGO | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Downsized
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- retrenchment
- curtailment
- curtailed
- cut
- decreased
- diminished
- discounted
- lessened
- lowered
- minimized
- narrowed
- reduced
Crossword Answer definitions
PARED 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 PARED
- Trimmed
- Peeled potatoes
- Shortened
- Skinned
- Whittled (down)
- Whittled down
- Decreased gradually, with "down"
- Gradually trimmed (down)
- Removed rind
- Cut back, as expenses
More clues leading to the result MINI
- Itsy-bitsy skirt
- Short, skirtwise
- Skirt or van
- Short skirt
- ___ Cooper
- "Every inch an iPad" item
- Car company operated by BMW
- Cooper maker
- Cooper manufacturer
- Small
More clues leading to the result SMALLER
- Tinier
- Cut-down
- Shrunken
- Not as large
- More compact
- Compressed
- Less bulky
- Less significant
- Not as big
- More mean-spirited
More clues leading to the result SHRANK
- Grew smaller
- Shied away (from)
- Withdrew
- Contracted
- Downsized
- Fared badly in a dryer
- Shouldn't have been in the dryer, maybe
- Recoiled
- Dwindled
- Got smaller
More clues leading to the result SLIMMER
- Most sleek
- After dieting, hopefully
- Down a size?
- Smaller in girth
- Less likely
- After-dieting look.
- More svelte
- Less stocky
- Weight Watchers member, maybe
- More thin
More clues leading to the result SHRUNK
- Reduced in size
- Drew back
- Drawn up
- Got smaller
- Diminished
- Dwindled
- No longer wearable, maybe
- Became smaller
- Smaller than before.
- Much smaller now