The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CULL which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2015.
Separate, as the wheat from the chaff crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CULL | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Separate, as the wheat from the chaff
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Crossword Answer definitions
CULL noun- A selection.
- An organised killing of selected animals.
- (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- To gather, collect.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To kill (animals etc).
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
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