Answer:

hew

Answer	Crossword Clue
HEW	Take an ax to
HEW	Axe a tree
HEW	Fell

HEW	Onetime Cabinet dept.
HEW	Shape with an axe
HEW	Cut off
HEW	Cut with an axe
HEW	Fell by chopping
HEW	Cabinet dept., 1953-79
HEW	Cut with an ax
HEW	Wield an axe

HEW	Conform (to)
HEW	Give the ax to
HEW	Chop down
HEW	Hack
HEW	Cut down
HEW	Chop
HEW	Axe
HEW	Cut with a blow

HEW	Fell in the forest
HEW	Hack down
HEW	Wield an ax
HEW	Fell with an axe
HEW	Shorten, in a way
HEW	Do a hatchet job
HEW	Give the ax?
HEW	Cut down with an ax

HEW	Former federal dept.
HEW	Carve out
HEW	Go chopping
HEW	Strike with an ax
HEW	Cut, as wood
HEW	Shape with cutting blows
HEW	Hit with an axe
HEW	Fell, as a tree

HEW	Cut
HEW	Sever
HEW	Chop with an ax
HEW	Chop a yew
HEW	Cabinet dept. until 1979

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.