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The Clue
Cut short (8 letter answer)
The Answer
TRUNCATE
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Notes
The answer TRUNCATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Curtail
Shorten by cutting
Definition
TRUNCATE as a verb:
1. replace a corner by a plane
2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
3. (truncate, cut short) = make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
TRUNCATE as an adjective:
1. (truncate, truncated) = terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"