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

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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) The Times Concise Sep 9, 2025
8% HEW Chop, cut (3) The Times Concise Sep 8, 2025
7% SEVER Cut off (5) LA Times Daily Sep 24, 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
6% HACK Chop (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 21, 2025
6% MINCE Finely chop (5) USA Today Sep 20, 2025
6% LOPS Chops off, as tree limbs (rhymes with "hops") (4)
6% DEAN Head Dane off (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Sep 14, 2025

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