Answer:

pared

Answer	Crossword Clue
PARED	Trimmed
PARED	Peeled potatoes
PARED	Shortened

PARED	Peeled
PARED	Removed the peel from
PARED	Cut back
PARED	Peeled with a knife
PARED	Took a little off
PARED	Gradually trimmed (down)
PARED	Removed rind
PARED	Cut back, as expenses

PARED	Removed a rind
PARED	Lowered, as expenses
PARED	Decreased
PARED	Cut off
PARED	Whittled
PARED	Reduced, with "down"
PARED	Trimmed down
PARED	Whittled down

PARED	Reduced, as expenses
PARED	Peeled, as potatoes
PARED	Used a vegetable peeler
PARED	Trimmed off, as a rind
PARED	Lost, as layers
PARED	Trimmed back
PARED	Cut down
PARED	Cut off.

PARED	Cut unessentials.
PARED	Cut little by little.
PARED	Cut rind.
PARED	Peeled.
PARED	Trimmed.
PARED	Cut down.
PARED	Reduced as if by cutting.
PARED	Reduced.

PARED	Reduced gradually.
PARED	Whittled down.
PARED	Whittled.
PARED	Trimmed away.
PARED	Trimmed (off).

Crossword

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