Cut short
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The New York Times Crossword.
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Publications
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 5 May 2021
- The Daily Mail Quick - Friday, 23 Apr 2021
- The Daily Mail Quick - Sunday, 4 Apr 2021
- The Mirror Quick - Tuesday, 18 Aug 2020
- The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 16 Aug 2020
- The Mirror Quick - Tuesday, 28 Jul 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 2 Jul 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - Friday, 14 Feb 2020
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 6 Mar 2016
Crossword Answers
3 letters
END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
LOP
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
BOB
A short or shortened tail of certain animals
4 letters
SNIP
The act of clipping or snipping
CROP
A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
CLIP
A sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
5 letters
ABORT
The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"
PRUNE
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
ENDED
Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
TRUNE
TERSE
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
6 letters
7 letters
CROPPED
(of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"
CURTAIL
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
ABRIDGE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
8 letters
TRUNCATE
Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
BREAKOFF
Break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
9 letters
TRUNCATED
Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
10 letters
ABBREVIATE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
BREAKSHORT
Interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
12 letters
CLOSECROPPED