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

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cutting is onerous with head chopped off (5) last seen in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle. 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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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AXING Cutting is onerous with head chopped off (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 30, 2024
8% LOP Chop (off) (3) New York Times Sep 3, 2025
6% OVEN "Chopped" appliance (4) Universal Sep 5, 2025
6% MINCES Chops (6) New York Times Sep 4, 2025
6% AXED Chopped down (4) Newsday Sep 1, 2025
6% DEAN Head Dane off (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Aug 29, 2025
6% AXES Chopping tools (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 29, 2025
6% INTERCEPT Head off (9) (9) Puzzler Aug 28, 2025
6% AXE Chopping tool (3) LA Times Daily Aug 24, 2025
6% TOPSIDE Cut heads on fish (7) The Times Cryptic Aug 7, 2025

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