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The Clue
Takes out surgically (7 letter answer)
The Answer
EXCISES
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Notes
The answer EXCISES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Cuts out
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"