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The Clue
Cut out (6 letter answer)
The Answer
EXCISE
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The answer EXCISE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
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Definition
EXCISE as a noun:
1. (excise, excise tax) = a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
EXCISE as a verb:
1. (strike, scratch, expunge, excise) = remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
2. levy an excise tax on
3. remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"