| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LOP | Cut (branches) | |
| BRUSHWOOD | Small branches of trees cut off. | |
| BOLLING | A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard. | |
| LOPPING | A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. | |
| SNAG | To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. | |
| PLASH | To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. | |
| POLLARD | A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. | |
| FOURCHE | Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross. | |
| PRUNE | To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. | |
| HYPERBOLA | A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plan... | |