Cut back fruit (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cut back fruit (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on March 12, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PRUNE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRUNE Cut back fruit (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Mar 12, 2026
11% REDUCE Cut back (6) Eugene Sheffer Mar 12, 2026
11% BSIDE Cut on the back? (5) The Washington Post Mini Feb 12, 2026
10% PARE Cut fruit for the audience (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Mar 7, 2026
10% BANANASPLIT Dessert with a cut-in-half fruit (11) Newsday Feb 24, 2026
10% PARES Cuts (back) (5) New York Times Dec 7, 2025
9% KIWI Fruit (4) The Telegraph Quick Feb 28, 2026
9% LOOFA Sent back a sweet of fruit and cream sponge (5) The Times Cryptic Feb 23, 2026
9% DRY Not fruitful (3) TV Feb 22, 2026
9% OLIVE He wanted some more cut fruit (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 18, 2026

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Cut back fruit (5) Crossword Clue
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