Cutting is onerous with head chopped off (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cutting is onerous with head chopped off (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on October 12, 2025. 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 AXING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AXING Cutting is onerous with head chopped off (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 12, 2025
8% HEW Chop, cut (3) The Times Concise Sep 8, 2025
7% LOP Chop (off) (3) Universal Oct 17, 2025
6% SEVER Cut off (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 17, 2025
6% AXE Chopping tool (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 13, 2025
6% AXES Chopping tools (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 4, 2025
6% AVERT Head off (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Oct 3, 2025
6% LOIN Cut off an animal's spine (4) The Washington Post Mini Oct 3, 2025
6% ARCHERS Sportsmen heading off demonstrators? (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 26, 2025
6% ENTRIES Guards heading off for gates? (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 23, 2025

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