Cut short and attacked (9)
I believe the answer is:
curtailed
This could be a double definition.
'cut short' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'attacked' is the second definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for curtailed that I've seen before include "Reduced" , "docked" , "Cut short" , "Clipped" , "Made short" .)