Reduce - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'reduce' is the definition.
(both can mean to decrease)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for drop that I've seen before include "Wee dram" , "Small bit - fall" , "Fall; abandon" , "Fall; delivery" , "Spot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Mirror and the Penny Press.

'reduce' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for slim that I've seen before include "Thin (person); small (chance)" , "Slender or slight" , "Svelte" , "to make one lose weight" , "Slender and elegant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Mirror and the Penny Press.

'reduce' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cut down that I've seen before include "Felled" , "Fell a tree or reduce usage as in a diet" , "Reduce the length of" , "Economise or despatch with sword" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Telegraph and the Penny Press.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for lower that I've seen before include "put down" , "subordinate" , "disgrace" , "Inferior - scowl" , "Farther down" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Times and The Sun.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I know that reduce can be written as cut)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for cut that I've seen before include "what hackers do" , "Reduce; joint (of meat)" , "A share of the profits" , "Slight" , "Clip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times and The Sunday Times.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I know that reduce is a more specific form of decrease)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for decrease that I've seen before include "Go down" , "drop" , "Smooth" , "cut back" , "Turn down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Evening Standard.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I know that condense is a more specific form of reduce)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for condense that I've seen before include "Abridge" , "Turn from gas to liquid" , "Change from vapour to liquid" , "precis" , "Send once (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Evening Standard.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I know that reduce is a more specific form of diminish)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for diminish that I've seen before include "Make less with mini dish" , "Make smaller or less" , "get shorter" , "Become smaller or less" , "Get smaller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Evening Standard.

'reduce' is the definition.
(I know that reduce can be written as shrink)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for shrink that I've seen before include "Downsize" , "Become smaller like slang psychiatrist" , "Contract for a psychiatrist?" , "Recoil from a slangy psychiatrist" , "decline" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press, the USA Today, The Guardian, the LA Times and The Wall Street Journal.

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