Clues for the word "PARE"
We've had 197 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 748 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 18, 2026.
Definition of pare
- v. t. - To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
- v. t. - To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
- v. t. - Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
Referring Clues
- Peel
- Trim
- Scale down
- Skin
- Curtail
- Cut back
- Downsize
- Whittle
- Lessen, with "down"
- Whittle down
- Whittle (down)
- Shave
- Excoriate
- Reduce, as expenses
- Prune
- Cut, as expenses
- Trim back
- Cut off in layers
- Remove the peel of
- Prepare apples for applesauce
- Remove by cutting
- Remove the skin from
- Remove skin from
- Cut back, with "down"
- Rid of rind
- Decrease gradually, with "down"
- Cut down to size
- Decrease gradually (with "down")
- Peel, as an apple
- Dramatically reduce
- Whittle, with "down"
- Cut the skin from
- Peel off, as a peel
- Skin, as an apple
- Gradually reduce, with "down"
- Peel, as a rind
- Trim with a knife
- Made without milk or meat
- Winnow
- Reduce
- Cut the outer layer of
- Use a fruit knife on
- Remove the skin of, as an apple
- Cut down
- Remove, in a way
- Lessen
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Work with apples
- Trim, as expenses
- Remove, as rind
- Remove the rind from
- Do a kitchen chore
- Take the rind off
- Trim down
- Peel, as potatoes
- Use a vegetable peeler
- Remove, as a rind
- Shave down
- Use a vegetable peeler on
- Use a 90 Down
- Remove rinds
- Remove, as rinds
- Cut down on
- Cut down a bloated budget
- Use a fruit knife
- Strip an orange
- Remove a rind, e.g.
- Remove, as an outer coating
- Remove rind
- Cut the peel off
- Ready apples for a pie
- Take off the skin
- Use a small knife, in a way
- Strip a Granny Smith?
- Trim the excess
- Take a coat off
- Gradually reduce (with "down")
- Trim, as apples
- Remove, as skin
- Strip peaches
- Remove, as fruit skin
- Prepare apples for cooking
- Remove a rind
- Cut the peel from
- Fix potatoes
- Reduce bit by bit
- Trim (down)
- Cut the fat
- Take the skin off
- Denude an apple
- Prepare, as apples for pie
- Whittle
- Rid of 2-Down
- Do kitchen work
- Cut
- Strip
- Do a KP chore
- Remove the rind
- Strip (down)
- Peel, as a potato
- Skin fruit
- Cut the outer layer off
- Ready for baking, maybe
- Cut fruit
- Use a peeler on
- Cut down, as expenses
- Prep, as apples for applesauce
- Peel, as apples
- Make cuts
- Trim, with "down"
- Trim, as costs
- Diminish
- Cut the fat, e.g.
- Shorten
- Father
- "Starhunter" star: Michael ___
- Remove, as a peel
- Remove, as a potato peel
- Edit, in a way
- Cut down to size?
- Cut back on, as expenses
- Free of skin
- Remove rind from
- Remove the surface
- Strip a fruit
- Cut corners
- Cut back, as expenses
- Whittle away
- Slowly reduce, with "down"
- Lessen, as expenses
- Cut the rind off
- Scale (down)
- Remove the peel from
- Remove apple skins
- Decorticate
- Cut off
- Fix apples
- Do some potato prep
- Cut, as costs
- Shear
- Remove peel
- Remove the rinds
- Trim away
- Trim the rind
- Remove a rind from fruit
- Trim, as an apple
- Peel fruit, by the sound of it
- Skin skin
- Skin, as fruit
- Strip the skin from
- Cut away the outer layer of
- Prune - or another fruit, we hear
- Make reductions to
- Trim fruit skin
- Slice off
- Remove an outer coating
- Reduce by whittling
- Peel (fruit)
- Reduce sound of 2 from 2
- Peel fruit, we hear
- Cut the two talking
- Sound of fruit peel
- Make a twist from
- Cut back on
- Strip the rind from
- Peel a pear, possibly
- Peel (apple)
- Remove fruit skin
- Take a little off
- Remove the rind form
- Trim couple heard
- Remove the skin of
- Cut with a small knife
- Make cutbacks in
- Use a peeler
- Remove the outside of
- Pie recipe verb
- Opposite of embiggen
- Remove, as a fruit peel
- Cut back or cut off
- Cut the rind from
- Make smaller
- Remove an apple's skin
- Skin a pear
- Crop
- Carve
- Peel ... or, phonetically, a fruit you might do this to
- ___ down (trim)
- Peel with a knife
- Peel, as fruit
- Peel, like an apple
- Peel a pear, ironically
- Apple pie prep step
- Peel, like a potato
- Skin an apple
- Trim rind from
- Clip
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - October 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2026
- New York Times - September 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - September 11, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 30, 2026
- Daily American - August 21, 2026
- New York Times - July 10, 2026
- Daily American - May 30, 2026
- Daily American - May 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2026
- New York Times - April 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 25, 2026
- Daily American - March 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 13, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- Daily American - November 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 22, 2025
- LA Times - September 14, 2025
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