The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PARE , but the solution may also be PRUNE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Trim crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARE | 25 % | 4 |
| NEAT | 14 % | 4 |
| PRUNE | 9 % | 5 |
| LOP | 9 % | 3 |
| EDGING | 5 % | 6 |
| ADORN | 5 % | 5 |
| CROP | 5 % | 4 |
| SNIP | 3 % | 4 |
| FIT | 2 % | 3 |
| SVELTE | 2 % | 6 |
| LEAN | 2 % | 4 |
| SLENDER | 1 % | 7 |
| DRESS | 1 % | 5 |
| SHAVE | 1 % | 5 |
| DAPPER | 1 % | 6 |
| MOW | 1 % | 3 |
| SHIPSHAPE | 1 % | 9 |
| TAUT | 1 % | 4 |
| CLIP | 1 % | 4 |
| SHEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| INAPPLEPIEORDER | 1 % | 15 |
| CUT | 1 % | 3 |
| EDGE | 0 % | 4 |
| DECOR | 0 % | 5 |
| TONED | 0 % | 5 |
| DECORATE | 0 % | 8 |
| SLEEK | 0 % | 5 |
| ABRIDGE | 0 % | 7 |
| TIDY | 0 % | 4 |
| FLOUNCE | 0 % | 7 |
| HAIRCUT | 0 % | 7 |
| KEMPT | 0 % | 5 |
| PAREBACK | 0 % | 8 |
| BEDECK | 0 % | 6 |
| SPRUCE | 0 % | 6 |
| TRIG | 0 % | 4 |
Why may PARE be the right solution?
The word "pare" means to trim by cutting away the outer edges or excess. Therefore, it is the correct solution to the clue "Trim."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trim
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut back
- reduce
- bring down
- thin
- lean
- lop
- clip
- cut down
- spare
- clipping
- snip
- cut
Crossword Answer definitions
PARE 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 PARE
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Get the carrots ready
- Cut back
- Trim
- Whittle down
- Fix apples for a pie
- Skin
- Trim down
- Remove the skin of
- Cut the skin from
More clues leading to the result NEAT
- In good order
- Orderly
- Straight at the bar
- Tidy
- "Groovy"
- In order
- Straight up, at the bar
- Bar order
- Cool
- Like Felix, not Oscar
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
More clues leading to the result LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result EDGING
- Border
- Nosing out
- Rickrack, e.g.
- Hem material
- Border adrornment
- Border line
- Crewelwork, perhaps
- Garden container?
- Trim
- Bed border
More clues leading to the result ADORN
- Do some trimming
- Hair-spray name
- Add beauty to
- Deck
- Deck the halls
- Embellish
- Decorate
- Dress up
- Bespangle
- Beautify
More clues leading to the result CROP
- Harvest haul
- Rider's whip
- Trim
- Farmer's concern
- Riding whip
- Trim a hedge or photograph
- Jockey's whip
- __-duster (kind of airplane)
- Cut short
- Cut, as an ex-friend from a picture
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 FIT
- ___ to be tied
- In good shape
- ____ as a fiddle
- Accommodate
- Make ends meet?
- Getting to the gym a lot
- Tailor's concern
- "Wii ___"
- In shape
- Minor jigsaw victory
More clues leading to the result SVELTE
- Slim and trim
- Gracefully slim
- Slender
- Gracefully slender
- Alluringly slender
- Like a cover girl
- Slender, like many models
- Slim and graceful
- Lean and lovely
- Trim
More clues leading to the result LEAN
- Like Spratt
- Like superior deli meat
- Low in fat, meatwise
- Deli order add-on
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director
- Bend away from the vertical
- Like Jack Sprat
- Rangy
- Sprat's preference
- "Ryan's Daughter" director
More clues leading to the result SLENDER
- Like a successful dieter
- Svelte
- Trim
- Wispy
- Having a trim figure
- Willowy
- Reedlike
- Gracefully thin
- Lean
- Adjective for a model
More clues leading to the result DRESS
- A-line article
- Kind of code
- Kind of rehearsal
- School code
- Prepare salad
- __ down (scold)
- Clothing item with a zipper in the back, perhaps
- Frock
- Attire
- Slip cover?
More clues leading to the result SHAVE
- Pare
- Use a razor
- Tonsorial task
- Lose one's shadow?
- Hairy experience
- Clear the stubble
- Barbershop service
- Get rid of a five o'clock shadow
- Get rid of the Fu Manchu
- Barber's service
More clues leading to the result DAPPER
- Like Dan
- Decked out
- Spiffy
- Spruce
- Stylish
- Adjective for 13 Across
- Natty
- Nattily attired
- Smartly dressed
- Togged out
More clues leading to the result MOW
- Cut grass
- Ride a Deere
- Summer chore
- Decimate, with "down"
- Do a chore in the suburbs
- Do the lawn
- Create an 85 Across
- Cut (down)
- Do some groundskeeping
- Do some landscaping
More clues leading to the result SHIPSHAPE
- Ready for the main
- In good condition
- Tidy
- In tidy condition, and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues
- In good order
- Trim and tidy
- In tidy condition
- In order.
- Tidy.
- Trim.
More clues leading to the result TAUT
- Sans slack
- Lacking slack
- Like a bowstring
- Like a trampoline's surface
- Stretched
- Unyielding
- Far from slack
- Gripping
- Having no slack
- Strung with tension
More clues leading to the result CLIP
- Brooch
- What you do with coupons
- __-on tie
- Bit of film
- Hair holder
- Kind of joint
- Shorten
- Type of board
- Paper fastener
- Shear off
More clues leading to the result SHEAR
More clues leading to the result INAPPLEPIEORDER
- Very neat
- Very neatly arranged
- Perfectly arranged
- Shipshape
- Trim
- Spic and span
- Very well organized
- Neat
- Hunky-dory
- Phrase for perfect arrangement.
More clues leading to the result CUT
- Kick off the team
- "This take is garbage"
- Song, as it were
- Sporting a six-pack, say
- Director's cry
- Share
- "Stop shooting!"
- Edit menu word
- Movie release
- Slice
More clues leading to the result EDGE
- "The ___ of Night"
- "The ____ Of Night"
- "The ____ of Night" (TV soap)
- Advantage
- Boundary line
- Brink
- Creep
- Favorable advantage
- Keenness
- Word in a Maugham title
More clues leading to the result DECOR
- Living room setting
- Certain theme or motif
- House Beautiful topic
- Style
- Room's look
- Inside job?
- Interior design
- Trappings of a room
- Furnishing style
- Ambiance contributor
More clues leading to the result TONED
- Gave inflection to
- __ down (softened)
- ___ down (softened)
- Like one who's done lots of cleaning and pressing?
- Added muscle, with "up"
- Athletic
- In great shape
- Rippling with muscles
- Got fit, with "up"
- ___ up (got into shape)
More clues leading to the result DECORATE
- Grace the place
- Trim, as a Christmas tree
- Festoon
- Adorn
- Hang paper
- Garnish.
- Embellish.
- Paint or wallpaper.
- Trim.
- Festoon.
More clues leading to the result SLEEK
- Glossy
- Streamlined
- Aerodynamically designed
- Aerodynamic
- Smooth and glossy
- Sports car adjective
- Stylishly smooth
- Well-groomed
- Finely contoured
- Like healthy fur
More clues leading to the result ABRIDGE
- Condense, as a book
- Cut down
- Make a long story short
- Cut
- Reduce in scope
- Reduce in volume?
- Shorten, as a reference
- Reduce, as a text
- Shorten
- Condense
More clues leading to the result TIDY
- Neat
- Square away
- Not disheveled
- Well-ordered
- Shipshape
- In apple pie order
- Kempt
- Orderly
- Neat as a pin
- Unmake a mess
More clues leading to the result FLOUNCE
- Sashay
- Wide ruffle
- Frilly addition to a skirt
- Walk ostentatiously
- Move in an attention-getting way
- Walk with jerky motions
- Move in a lively way
- Walk emphatically
- Trim
- Wide, ornamental ruffle
More clues leading to the result HAIRCUT
- Taking a little off the top?
- Classic Ring Lardner story
- Discount vis-à-vis market value, in Wall Street slang
- Removal of some locks
- Buzz, e.g.
- Do
- Financial loss, so to speak
- Trim.
- Something for a "boot."
- Beauty-shop job
More clues leading to the result KEMPT
- Tidily maintained
- Not the least blowzy
- Scarcely scruffy
- Not messy
- Well-manicured
- Neat and trim
- Neat and tidy in appearance
- Arranged neatly
- Well-groomed
- Tidy
More clues leading to the result PAREBACK
More clues leading to the result BEDECK
More clues leading to the result SPRUCE
- Coned conifer
- Neat
- Spiff (up)
- Type of evergreen
- Pine family member
- Like Howard Hughes's Goose
- Many a Christmas tree
- Christmas purchase
- Dapper
- "Blue" evergreen