Shorten and reduce, holding one part of speech back Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Shorten and reduce, holding one part of speech back . 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ABBREVIATE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ABBREVIATE Shorten and reduce, holding one part of speech back (10)
6% RETAIN Hold back (6) (6) Mirror Quick Aug 26, 2025
6% RESTRAIN Hold back (8) Family Time Jul 14, 2025
6% VERB Part of speech (4) Eugene Sheffer Jun 2, 2025
5% TENSE Nervous part of speech (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Sep 8, 2025
5% ATTENUATE Reduce the force of (9) Puzzler Backwords Sep 7, 2025
5% ETC List-shortening abbr. (3) Newsday Sep 3, 2025
5% MAAM Shortened "sir" counterpart (4) Newsday Sep 2, 2025
5% ICEBAG Swelling reducer (6) LA Times Daily Sep 1, 2025
5% SOMONI Currency one part of Greece backed (6) The Times Mephisto Aug 31, 2025
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