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Strips (6)

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pares

'strips' is the definition.
(paring is a kind of stripping)

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(Other definitions for pares that I've seen before include "Shaves pencil to sharpen" , "Sharpens in spare way" , "Sharpens like pencil" , "Trims by cutting away" , "Trims, say a pencil" .)

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