Clues for the word "CUT"
We've had 208 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 465 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on May 21, 2026.
Definition of cut
- imp. & p. p. - of Cut
- v. t. - To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
- v. t. - To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
- v. t. - To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
- v. t. - To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
- v. t. - To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
- v. t. - To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
- v. t. - To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
- v. t. - To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.
- v. t. - To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.
- v. i. - To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
- v. i. - To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- v. i. - To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
- v. i. - To make a stroke with a whip.
- v. i. - To interfere, as a horse.
- v. i. - To move or make off quickly.
- v. i. - To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.
- n. - An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.
- n. - A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.
- n. - That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.
- n. - A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
- n. - The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.
- n. - A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.
- n. - An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.
- n. - The act of dividing a pack cards.
- n. - The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?
- n. - Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.
- n. - A common work horse; a gelding.
- n. - The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
- n. - A skein of yarn.
- a. - Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
- a. - Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
- a. - Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Referring Clues
- Sound-stage cry
- Injured
- Director's cry
- Film director's cry
- Cause for a Band-Aid
- Abridged
- Slice
- Partner of 51-Across
- Profit share
- Off the team
- Director's call
- Set shout
- Edit out
- Elimination
- Studio shout
- Scene-ending cry
- Last word from a director
- Album unit
- Drop from the team
- Film editor's job
- Paste's partner
- Action stopper
- Rib or short loin
- Director's "Stop!"
- Piece of the action
- Make an incision
- Shout on the set
- Director's shout
- Pared down
- "Stop filming!"
- Share
- Let go
- Split the deck
- Partner of paste
- Scene-ending shout
- Edited out
- Release from the team
- Reduction
- With 48-Across, crème de la crème, literally
- "Stop the cameras!"
- Agent's 10 percent, e.g.
- Crew, for one
- Use shears
- Use scissors
- Abridge
- Duel memento
- Director's direction
- Bloodletter?
- Shortening
- Take
- Diminish
- Director's order
- Song on an album
- Directors' directive
- Cry heard from a soundstage
- Allotted percentage
- Agent's share
- Severed
- Snub
- Shorten
- Share of the loot
- Loot allotment
- Economize
- Chop
- Snip
- Delete
- Barber's offering
- Directing cry
- Slash
- Cry on the set
- Salve target
- Mow, e.g.
- Agent's take
- Carve
- See 27-Across
- Album track
- End a take
- Well-muscled, informally
- Sever
- Film-set call
- Agent's percentage
- Director's word
- Axed
- Snip with scissors
- Curtail
- Paste partner
- Ripped
- Abbreviate
- Stylist's job
- Allotted portion
- Director's end-of-scene cry
- Use a knife
- Share of the profits
- Lower, as prices
- Song on a record
- Type of fastball
- Tournament elimination point
- Band-Aid necessitator
- Order from Delbert Mann
- Like bodybuilders' bodies
- Percentage
- "Stop the scene!"
- Gash
- Ply scissors
- Set cry
- Barber's job
- Chop or crop
- Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 33-Down
- Deal prerequisite
- Band-Aid site
- Truncate
- Divide before the deal
- Slit
- Incision
- Mowed
- Use a pair of scissors
- Sliced or snipped
- A share of the profits, called for by movie director?
- Director's frantic cry
- Led Zep "When you ___ it, mama, save me a slice"
- ... slash, when half this drunk
- Commission
- Economy in execution
- Pretend not to see saw?
- Off the meat of the bat?
- Subcutaneous incision?
- Wounded when you snub
- Refuse to acknowledge central role in public utility
- Reap
- Sever - hurt - snub
- A share of the profits
- With 51-Across, dance
- Economy measure called for by movie director?
- Cry from the sound stage
- Team-reduction process
- Get rid of
- Take out
- Piece of the action, or a shout that stops the action
- Minor wound
- Qualification mark during a golf event
- Cross Copper Belt, ultimately
- Lower score
- No end of justice for Spooner? Not today!
- Computer command that often precedes "paste"
- Drop from the roster
- Snip (hair)
- What barbers do to hair
- Share of profits
- What pruning shears do
- Make an small incision
- Use scissors on
- Economy measure required by executives?
- Removed or shortened
- Cease and desist order?
- Loin or chop
- Slice, as meat
- A share of the profits, called for by movie director?
- No longer in the film
- ___-and-dried (routine)
- Skip class
- Director's command
- Reason for a Band-Aid
- A wounding way to ignore someone
- The director's share of the proceeds?
- Shear off
- Director's "Stop!" order
- In more ways than one, a scoring one?
- A ___ above the rest
- "Scene's over!"
- Word after "cold" or "crew"
- Shorten, as hair
- Reduced the commission
- Economy measure called for by movie director?
- Slice (up)
- Reduce one's share
- Injury that puts an end to the shooting
- Dilute
- Incision a golfer may do well to make
- "Measure twice, ___ once"
- Edited incisively
- Minor injury for an office clerk
- What shears do
- Trim
- Removed or taken out of court
- Reduce one's commission
- ___ glass
- Edit, in a way
- Action before "paste"
- Button often clicked before "paste"
- Remove
- With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues
- What scissors do
- Deep ___
- ___ and paste
- Off the meat of the bat?
- A stroke the bowler finds wounding?
- Subcutaneous incision?
- Word with clean or clear
- Pretend not to see the score
- Opposite of bulk, in gym lingo
- Ctrl+X command
- Divide, as a deck of cards
- Trim from the roster
- Prune, say
- Allotted share
- Used scissors on
- Edited incisively (3)WASACOLUMNBREAKWASACOLUMNBREAK
- Share of the profit
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - May 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 13, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 27, 2026
- LA Times - March 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 03, 2026
- LA Times - February 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 07, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 02, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2025
- LA Times - November 27, 2025
- New York Times - November 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - August 31, 2025
- New York Times - August 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 25, 2025
- New York Times - June 21, 2025
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