| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CUTDOWN | Cut back | |
| PARED | Cut back | |
| PRUNE | Cut back | |
| REDUCED | Cut back | |
| HONE | Cut back | |
| SIZE | Cut back workforce | |
| DOWNSIZE | Cut back workforce | |
| DOWNSIZED | Cut back staff | |
| SNIP | Cut back golf flagpoles | |
| TRIM | Prune or cut back | |
| DICED | Endlessly decide to go back cut up | |
| LIMIT | Cut-off point is fifty-one. Almost time to come back | |
| SCRODE | A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. | |
| CULLET | A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b). | |
| SCORE | To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. | |
| ARCADE | ...light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature. ... | |
| POMPADOUR | A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back f... | |
| UNDERLAY | A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of... | |