Answer: rotund

AnswerCrossword Clue
ROTUND

Stout

ROTUND

Needing to reduce, maybe

ROTUND

Word that, minus a letter, is its own synonym

ROTUND
Like Kris Kringle
ROTUND
More than chubby
ROTUNDBeer-bellied
ROTUNDPortly
ROTUNDSanta-like
ROTUNDPlump
ROTUNDHow Falstaff looks.
ROTUNDChubby.
ROTUNDSonorous.
ROTUNDFalstaffian.
ROTUNDNeeding a diet
ROTUNDChubby
ROTUNDGlobelike
ROTUNDOn the portly side
ROTUNDIt has "round" inside
ROTUNDRoly-poly
ROTUNDBig around the middle
ROTUNDCorpulent
ROTUNDPudgy and then some
ROTUNDPudgy
ROTUNDLike Nero Wolfe