The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRUNE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2002.
Remove excess crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRUNE | 33 % | 5 |
| WEEDOUT | 33 % | 7 |
| TRIM | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Remove excess
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trim
- prune
- clip
- snip
- truncate
- bob
- trunk
- scrap
- cut up
- cut
- fragment
- axe
Crossword Answer definitions
PRUNE noun- A plum.
- The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
- An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
- To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
- To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
- To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- To preen; to prepare; to dress.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result PRUNE
- Cut back
- Do a gardening job
- Trim a limb
- Do some topiary
- Cut back in the garden
- Trim
- Trim greenery
- Stewed fruit
- Former plum?
- Kind of whip