The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDIT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Make the cut? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDIT | 26 % | 4 |
| OPERATE | 22 % | 7 |
| NICK | 11 % | 4 |
| SAW | 11 % | 3 |
| STAB | 7 % | 4 |
| SNIP | 7 % | 4 |
| SEVER | 7 % | 5 |
| SCISSOR | 4 % | 7 |
| AXE | 4 % | 3 |
Why may EDIT be the right solution?
The phrase "make the cut" can mean to edit or remove unnecessary parts in writing or film, making "EDIT" the fitting answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Make the cut?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut it
- make it
- cut the mustard
- cut it fine
- cut the muster
- make a go of
- make something of oneself
- fit the bill
- cut to the chase
- get the chop
- cut it close
- cut a figure
Crossword Answer definitions
EDIT noun- A change to the text of a document.
- A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
- An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
- An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
- To change a text, or a document.
- To be the editor of a publication.
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
- To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
- To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
- To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
- To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
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 EDIT
- Blue-pencil
- Emulate Maxwell Perkins
- More than proofread
- Prepare for publication
- Redact
- Revamp a text
- Revise
- Rework, as a story
- Trim the copy
- Update
More clues leading to the result OPERATE
- Conduct business
- Run
- Cut to the bone, say
- Fix an organ, maybe
- Get under someone's skin, perhaps?
- Work
- Drive or work
- Manage
- Make work
- Do surgery
More clues leading to the result NICK
- Shaving cut
- Shaving mishap
- Cannon of "America's Got Talent"
- One of the Jonas Brothers
- Slightly slice
- Barbershop mishap
- Just barely hit
- Nolte of "Lorenzo's Oil"
- Shaving accident
- Sign of a close shave?
More clues leading to the result SAW
- Byword
- Observed
- __ wood (snore)
- __-toothed (jagged)
- Circular, for one
- Adage
- Trite saying
- Ice sculptor's need
- Wood cutter
- Gruesome franchise of 2004-2010
More clues leading to the result STAB
- Attempt
- Pierce
- Spear
- Wild guess
- Brief attempt
- Grab with a fork
- Make a try at
- Try
- Poke with a pick
- Stick with a shiv, say
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 SEVER
More clues leading to the result SCISSOR
- ___ Sisters
- Kind of kick
- Shear
- Snip
- Move crisply back and forth, as one's legs
- Clip, as a coupon
- Cut, as coupons
- Clip out, as a coupon
- Clip
- Cut with shears