Short cut
The crossword clue "Short cut" is answered by SNIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 57 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SNIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIP answer page.
Used 57 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SNIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIP, most used first.
- Scissors sound - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
- Salon sound - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick cut - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Cut - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Use scissors - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbershop sound - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Small cut - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Cutting sound - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Impertinent one - used 25 times, most recently in 2011
- Make a tiny cut - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Sound of scissors - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Narrow cut - SLIT, used 186 times
- Deep cut - GASH, used 164 times
- Short skirt - MINI, used 149 times
- Get ready, for short - PREP, used 123 times
- And others, for short - ETAL, used 111 times
- Pork cut - LOIN, used 107 times
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