| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CURTAILMENT | Cutting short | |
| DECURTATION | Act of cutting short. | |
| BUMPY | Short umpire cutting by Rocky | |
| LOVES | Is very fond of cutting gloves short | |
| ABORTIVE | Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. | |
| CROP | Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. | |
| BILL | A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill. | |