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verb • cut down on; make a reduction in • make less complex • bring to humbler or weaker state or condition • simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another • lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation • be the essential element • reduce in size; reduce physically • lessen and make more modest • make smaller • to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons • narrow or limit • put down by force or intimidation • undergo meiosis • reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site • destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements • be cooked until very little liquid is left • cook until very little liquid is left • lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture • take off weight | ||||
| 42% | 15 | Commonly associated with the phrase 'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery' | ||
noun • fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist | ||||
| 28% | 15 | Can range in size from a few pounds to over a hundred pounds | ||
noun • plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind • any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind | ||||
Take Off Pounds Of Either Kind
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REDUCE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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REDUCE
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