The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PARES , but the solution may also be LESSENS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Reduces crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARES | 26 % | 5 |
| LESSENS | 18 % | 7 |
| ABATES | 13 % | 6 |
| LOWERS | 11 % | 6 |
| SLIMS | 11 % | 5 |
| DIETS | 3 % | 5 |
| CUTS | 3 % | 4 |
| THINS | 3 % | 5 |
| SHRINKS | 3 % | 7 |
| SNIPS | 3 % | 5 |
| EASES | 3 % | 5 |
| LIGHTENS | 3 % | 8 |
| BATES | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reduces
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut back
- scale down
- shrink
- trim
- quash
- keep down
- bring down
- repress
- shorten
- come down
- subdue
- abridge
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 LESSENS
More clues leading to the result ABATES
More clues leading to the result LOWERS
- Lets down
- Brings down
- Reduces
- Diminishes
- Looks sullen
- Drops, as prices
- Dims
- Reduces, as prices
- Train accommodations.
- Demeans.
More clues leading to the result SLIMS
- Reduces
- Goes down a few dress sizes
- Loses weight, with "down"
- Loses weight (with "down")
- Diets successfully, with "down"
- Loses weight
- ___ down (sheds weight)
- Diets, with "down"
- Loses, in a way, with "down"
- Reduces, with "down"
More clues leading to the result DIETS
- Girth control methods?
- High weigh signs?
- Food maintenance programs
- Reduces the fare
- Cuts down on carbs, say
- Counts calories
- Women's magazine fodder
- Schemes involving figures
- Nutritionists' suggestions
- Losing propositions?
More clues leading to the result CUTS
- Abridges
- Belt-tightening
- Film editor's work
- Loin and shank, e.g.
- Clips
- Bags a class, so to speak
- Songs on albums
- Plays pranks, with "up"
- Slashes
- Budget decisions
More clues leading to the result THINS
- Makes less viscous
- Adds turpentine
- Cuts with water
- Reduces
- Becomes sparse
- Wheat ___
- Waters down
- Dilutes
- Diets, with "down"
- Adds turpentine to
More clues leading to the result SHRINKS
- Brings down to size
- Psychiatrists, slangily
- Headmasters?
- Reduces
- Turns tiny
- Draws back.
- Contracts.
- Reacts, like a washed sweater
- Recoils
- Draws back
More clues leading to the result SNIPS
- Sheet-metal tool
- Performs a bris
- Bitty pieces
- Short cuts?
- Cuts
- Barbershop sounds
- Shears for metal
- Sheet metal shears
- Uses scissors
- Barber's cuts
More clues leading to the result EASES
- Lets up
- Relaxes
- Comforts
- Inches along
- Removes an obstruction
- Smoothes the way
- Softens the blow
- Assuages
- Soothes
- Lightens up