| Chop up | Wall Street Journal | 27 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Chop with an ax | Wall Street Journal | 13 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Whack down | Premier Sunday | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Carve | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 19 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Saints city (Abbr.) | USA Today Quick | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Chop, cut | The Times Concise | 08 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Chop (wood) | Puzzler Backwords | 07 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down | New York Times | 30 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Chop | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Cut down | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Old dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Vow | USA Today Quick | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Chop down | LA Times Daily | 29 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Chop down | USA Today | 10 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Chop | Eugene Sheffer | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Hack down | Premier Sunday | 27 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Cut shade by the sound of it (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop (wood) | Puzzler Backwords | 10 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Grant for one in audio cut |  |  | 
          
            | Chop out of the way (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop | New York Times | 27 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Cut top of haunch each way (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Hack, lop |  |  | 
          
            | Cut The Wrong Trousers |  |  | 
          
            | Axe a tree (sounds like "hue") |  |  | 
          
            | Cut; sounds like 50 Across | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Chop down | Thomas Joseph | 27 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Cut down | Wall Street Journal | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Theater section | USA Today Quick | 13 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Chop with axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | Newsday | 19 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Hack one's way out of the wood (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Give it the axe |  |  | 
          
            | STRIKE WITH CUTTING BLOWS (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Like Hugh, he's at central Bayswater (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop up | Thomas Joseph | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Chop (wood) | Puzzler Backwords | 07 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Take an axe to | LA Times Daily | 25 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Hugh sounds to be for the chop (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down with an axe | Newsday | 17 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Adverb, as in the heuchera variety 'William ___' (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Cabinet dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe or sword (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cut branches |  |  | 
          
            | Cut roughly to shape (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Shape, as with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Part of the wall fell | The Times Quick Cryptic | 20 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Whack down | Premier Sunday | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Chop, hack | The Times Concise | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | USA Today | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Strictly adhere (to) | New York Times | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Cut a piece from the wedding cake (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Do a hatchet job? | Family Time | 07 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Man has weight to cut down | The Times Quick Cryptic | 04 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Chop or cut |  |  | 
          
            | To chop in a colourful-sounding way (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with blows (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Fashion shade announced (3) | The Guardian Cryptic | 07 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Sculpt carve |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe, e.g. (3) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 May 2024 | 
          
            | Carve a name, we hear (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Hugh, we're told, is just a "hack" (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down in a forest |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | Newsday | 24 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Strike wood |  |  | 
          
            | Chop | Mirror Quick | 21 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Cut in the woods | Mirror Cryptic | 21 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop roughly |  |  | 
          
            | Hack out of the way |  |  | 
          
            | Axe a tree (sounds like "hue") |  |  | 
          
            | Strike wood (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Strike or hack at wood (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree | New York Times Mini | 04 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Chop, cut | The Times Concise | 03 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Shape with axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell, as a tree | Universal | 23 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down with an axe | Family Time | 08 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Chop down | USA Today | 02 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Cut, carve | Puzzler Backwords | 23 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Chop down | Commuter | 15 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Do some hacking, perhaps | Wall Street Journal | 06 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Cut, carve | Puzzler Backwords | 21 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Chop down with an axe, say (word hidden in "chew") |  |  | 
          
            | Cut, as logs for firewood | Universal | 09 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Fell | LA Times Daily | 29 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Fell | New York Times | 24 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Chop, as a branch |  |  | 
          
            | Fell | New York Times | 13 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | Premier Sunday | 10 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Cut down | LA Times Daily | 06 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax | Universal | 26 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down | LA Times Daily | 02 May 2023 | 
          
            | Fell, as firs | LA Times Daily | 28 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Fell | Newsday | 18 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Fell | LA Times Daily | 18 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Chop down | LA Times Daily | 21 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | Newsday | 15 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Hang on or cut off | Newsday | 22 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop up | Thomas Joseph | 31 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Ax | New York Times | 17 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Fell | The Times Concise | 24 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut | Newsday | 13 May 2022 | 
          
            | Fell | LA Times Daily | 07 May 2022 | 
          
            | Fell | The Washington Post | 07 May 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe or pick |  |  | 
          
            | Use an ax on | Premier Sunday | 27 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an ax | USA Today | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Chop with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cleave | LA Times Daily | 09 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Use an ax on |  |  | 
          
            | Hack with an ax | The Washington Post Sunday | 26 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Chop | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Carve out | Wall Street Journal | 30 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Axe a tree (rhymes with "hue") |  |  | 
          
            | Hack down | Premier Sunday | 07 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe | USA Today | 01 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Chop | Canadiana | 25 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Cut with an axe | USA Today | 29 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Chop down | Thomas Joseph | 25 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Chop down | The Washington Post | 09 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Chop down | LA Times Daily | 09 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Chop | Eugene Sheffer | 14 May 2021 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | Premier Sunday | 11 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Split, as logs | New York Times | 09 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Chop | Canadiana | 25 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe (sounds like "hue") |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell, as firs | The Washington Post | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Fell, as firs | LA Times Daily | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Use an ax on | Universal | 06 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Chop | Wall Street Journal | 01 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Cut with an ax | Universal | 16 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Chop down | USA Today | 05 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Use an axe on | Wall Street Journal | 16 May 2020 | 
          
            | Cut down on tips for how engine works | Irish Times Crosaire | 16 May 2020 | 
          
            | Man said to fell with an axe | The Sun Two Speed | 14 May 2020 | 
          
            | Chop down | The Sun Two Speed | 14 May 2020 | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree | Family Time | 11 May 2020 | 
          
            | Take down | The Washington Post | 26 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Take down | LA Times Daily | 26 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Chop down | Universal | 23 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Chop with an ax | USA Today | 19 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Chop, as timber | Universal | 04 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop up | Thomas Joseph | 05 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Use an axe on | The Washington Post | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Use an axe on | LA Times Daily | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Chop down | Newsday | 12 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Carve with axe | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Fell with an axe | USA Today | 31 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Fell, in a forest | The Washington Post Sunday | 20 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Man said to fell with axe | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Cut with an axe | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell in the forest | USA Today | 13 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Chop down | Premier Sunday | 09 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Chop down | LA Times Daily | 13 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Chop down | The Washington Post | 13 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Use an axe on |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Fell in the forest |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down | Thomas Joseph | 31 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | To chop or cut something (especially wood) with an axe or pick |  |  | 
          
            | Strike with an ax | Universal | 25 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Cut down | Wall Street Journal | 29 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Cut down | Thomas Joseph | 11 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Hack down | Premier Sunday | 29 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe | The Washington Post | 15 May 2018 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe | LA Times Daily | 15 May 2018 | 
          
            | Axe a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down cast in the auditorium |  |  | 
          
            | Fell when briefly jogging |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Strike with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down with an ax | Family Time | 25 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Chop branches | Universal | 23 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Fell with an ax | The Washington Post | 21 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Fell with an ax | LA Times Daily | 21 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Hack down | New York Times | 26 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | New York Times | 25 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Bite top off -- or cut | The Telegraph Toughie | 27 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Shape with an adze | USA Today | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Fell into the well |  |  | 
          
            | Adhere (to) | New York Times | 03 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Chop with an axe, or cut off |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with a hatchet | Universal | 15 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Cut | The Telegraph Quick | 04 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | Universal | 18 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Chop branches |  |  | 
          
            | Take an ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Adhere (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Hack down |  |  | 
          
            | Take an ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with an adze |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with a hatchet |  |  | 
          
            | Fell | New York Times | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Hot team in card game making cut |  |  | 
          
            | Hot team in card game making cut | The Times Cryptic | 06 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Chop down with an ax | Newsday | 05 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Chop some of the wood |  |  | 
          
            | Make the cut | Wall Street Journal | 19 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Use a hatchet on | Wall Street Journal | 17 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Axe | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Do whittling | Newsday | 23 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | Wall Street Journal | 04 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Cut down | The Washington Post | 29 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Wield an axe | USA Today | 03 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Cut with / an axe in / a forest | Jonesin | 26 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Take an ax to | USA Today | 21 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Use an ax | USA Today | 18 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Emulate Paul Bunyan | LA Times Daily | 06 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Give the ax? | New York Times | 05 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Cut with an axe | Newsday | 24 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Chop, as a tree | Family Time | 14 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Fell | Wall Street Journal | 02 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Fell | Newsday | 10 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Go chop-chop | Universal | 29 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Grant, we hear, is cut | The Telegraph Cryptic | 13 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Make cutting blows | Universal | 17 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Chop down | New York Times | 29 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Do hack work | Newsday | 18 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Fell | LA Times Daily | 04 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Cabinet acronym, once | Universal | 25 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Do hack work |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet acronym, once |  |  | 
          
            | Go chop-chop |  |  | 
          
            | Make cutting blows |  |  | 
          
            | Hit with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Chop with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with cutting blows |  |  | 
          
            | Take an ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Shape, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Give the ax? |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Conform (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Do a hatchet job? |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Whittle |  |  | 
          
            | Cut, as wood |  |  | 
          
            | Sever |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut off |  |  | 
          
            | Give the ax |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Strike with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Do a hatchet job |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Do a hatchet job |  |  | 
          
            | Fell with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Stick (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Whack down |  |  | 
          
            | Conform (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Use an ax on |  |  | 
          
            | Go chopping |  |  | 
          
            | Shorten, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Shorten, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut off |  |  | 
          
            | Hack down |  |  | 
          
            | Use an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cut off |  |  | 
          
            | Go chop-chop? |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Take an ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Fell trees |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Give the ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Fell, as a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Hack down |  |  | 
          
            | Use a scythe |  |  | 
          
            | Hack down |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Fell by chopping |  |  | 
          
            | Give the ax |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with a blow |  |  | 
          
            | Use an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Conform (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Fell in the forest |  |  | 
          
            | Do a hatchet job? |  |  | 
          
            | Use an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Adhere (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Fell in the forest |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with a blow |  |  | 
          
            | Use a scythe, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Conform (to) |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Cabinet dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet acronym, once |  |  | 
          
            | Hack |  |  | 
          
            | Take an ax to |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Axe |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with cutting blows |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Do an axe job |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet dept. until 1979 |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Conform (to) |  |  | 
          
            | See 66-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Fell, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Cleave |  |  | 
          
            | Former cabinet dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Carve out |  |  | 
          
            | Strike with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet dept. until 1979 |  |  | 
          
            | Fell |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Go chop-chop? |  |  | 
          
            | Hack |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Hack |  |  | 
          
            | Go chop-chop? |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Axe a tree |  |  | 
          
            | Hack |  |  | 
          
            | Sever |  |  | 
          
            | Ax |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Wield the axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut |  |  | 
          
            | Shape with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Whittle |  |  | 
          
            | Follow, as the party line |  |  | 
          
            | Chop |  |  | 
          
            | Chop a yew |  |  | 
          
            | Stick or sever |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Adhere |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet dept., 1953-79 |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Former federal dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Hack |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Use an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cleave |  |  | 
          
            | Cut forests |  |  | 
          
            | Fed. catchall org. |  |  | 
          
            | Use the ax |  |  | 
          
            | Go chop-chop? |  |  | 
          
            | Chop wood |  |  | 
          
            | Predecessor of H.H.S. |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Conform |  |  | 
          
            | Wield an ax |  |  | 
          
            | Cut to shape |  |  | 
          
            | ___ to the line |  |  | 
          
            | Gov't. dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Cut. |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet post |  |  | 
          
            | Shape roughly. |  |  | 
          
            | Chop. |  |  | 
          
            | Hack. |  |  | 
          
            | Cut with an axe |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down |  |  | 
          
            | Clear-cut |  |  | 
          
            | U. S. dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Chop down |  |  | 
          
            | Folsom's domain: Abbr. |  |  | 
          
            | Cabinet post. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ to the line. |  |  | 
          
            | Ribicoff's dept. |  |  | 
          
            | Celebrezze's concern: Abbr. |  |  | 
          
            | Use an axe. |  |  | 
          
            | Fell. |  |  | 
          
            | Cut down. |  |  | 
          
            | Chop off |  |  |