Word "CURTAIL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Synonyms:
clip, cut short
Examples:
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
place restrictions on
Synonyms:
curb, cut back, restrict
Examples:
curtail drinking in school

Crossword Clues for CURTAIL

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Clue Source Date
Cut off short, feel ill (7) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Aug 2025
Cut short (7) Mirror Classic 08 Jul 2025
Reduce dog shadow (7)
Cut short suitable part of wretched dog (7)
Cut short(7)
Shorten to the brusque "Excellent figure" (7)
Rail cut may be cut short
Curtis is lost with Ali, lost in dock (7)
Dog with a tail to shorten (7)
Place a restriction on (7)
Restrict dogs (7)
Place restrictions on, cut back (7)
Shorten screen not quite on left (7)
Limit, curb
Cut short Mirror Classic 10 Feb 2025
Dock a feature of a worthless dog (7)
To cut short, abridge (7)
Trim two dogs? (7)
Cut short, abridge (7)
Limit in extent
Dog-end cut short (7)
Cut short what a dog wags? (7)
Shorten to a brief "Are sick" (7)
Cut short appendage on worthless dog (7)
Copper on trial is composed in dock
Abbreviate Puzzler Backwords 18 Sep 2024
Restrict The Telegraph Quick 12 Sep 2024
Dog with a tail cut short (7)
Peg back (7)
Cut off short, feel ill (7) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Aug 2024
Chop a piece off the dog-end! (7)
Shorten to: "A mutt to the last" (7)
Cut short the last one sees of a low dog (7)
Dog shadow cut short (7)
Shorten the end of the dog! (7)
Mongrel with rear end cut short (7)
Cut short the fancy stair rail ending (7)
Shorten and give it a new perm, for the cover (7)
That worthless dog hangs for it as we cut it off
Restrict The Sun Two Speed 21 Mar 2024
Shorten dog-end The Sun Two Speed 21 Mar 2024
Shorten to the short "Are sick" (7)
Shorten the poor dog's appendage (7)
Liar, cut in such a way, must cut it short (7)
Cut short a meandering trail? (7)
Short trouble in dock? (7)
Restrict The Telegraph Quick 15 Feb 2024
Rail cut in order to reduce the length
Cut off something that may be wagging
Two dogs finding prune The Times Cryptic 27 Oct 2023
Cut off part of hanging cloth — mostly length The Times Cryptic 05 Jul 2023
Rein in dog on dog The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Nov 2022
Reduce, restrict The Guardian Speedy 24 Jul 2022
Cut short The Guardian Quick 23 Jul 2022
Reduce in duration The Washington Post Sunday 12 Dec 2021
A couple of dogs slim down
Poor dog, its appropriate part cut short
Reduce sharp pain
Mongrel dog – what it wags cut short
Stop two dogs
Cut short The Times Concise 23 Apr 2020
Shorten story heard in support of vicious dog The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Apr 2020
Restrict dog following dog
Two dogs will be limit The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Aug 2019
Shorten dog-end The Sun Two Speed 15 Nov 2018
Restrict The Sun Two Speed 15 Nov 2018
Cut short Thomas Joseph 12 Nov 2018
Apt word formed by this puzzle's missing letters Premier Sunday 07 Oct 2018
Cut short story aired in support of dog The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2018
. Reduce blunt pain
Shorten or cut rail that's tangled up The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Mar 2018
Trim dog after dog The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jun 2017
What wags cut short? The Telegraph Toughie 30 Mar 2017
What may get docked, perhaps, cut short The Telegraph Toughie 23 Nov 2016
Nasty dog — dog to put a restriction on
Dog brush cut short The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Aug 2016
Reduce The Telegraph Quick 07 Jun 2016
Cut short The Guardian Speedy 06 Mar 2016
Restrict The Telegraph Quick 22 Dec 2015
Rotter meets end in dock
Cut short hanging with altered hem?
Dog with appendage cut short
Abridge
Dock
Make shorter
Reduce
Cut short
Dock
Cut short
Cut short
Abridge
Reduce.
Abridge.
Cut short.
Shorten.
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