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The Clue
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The Answer
LOPS
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Notes
The answer LOPS is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cuts off, as branches
Hangs down loosely
More than snips
Trims the tree
Takes the top (off)
Prunes trees
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Works on a hedgerow
Eliminates as unnecessary
Chops (off)
Takes a bough?
Droops
Prunes
Cuts, as branches
Cuts off
Trims, as a tree
Cuts, with "off"
Definition
LOP as a verb:
1. (discerp, sever, lop) = cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
2. (snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back) = cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"