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Reduce To Essentials Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STRIP which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: STRIP

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199%5Exact Match!
295%8Exact Match!
335%6 The essentials or essentials

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "STRIP" which means:

    noun
  • • A relatively long narrow piece of something
  • • Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
  • • An airfield without normal airport facilities
  • • A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
  • • Thin piece of wood or metal
  • • A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
  • verb
  • • Take away possessions from someone
  • • Get undressed
  • • Remove the surface from
  • • Remove substances from by a percolating liquid
  • • Lay bare
  • • Steal goods; take as spoils
  • • Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
  • • Strip the cured leaves from
  • • Remove the thread (of screws)
  • • Remove a constituent from a liquid
  • • Take off or remove
  • • Draw the last milk (of cows)
  • • Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She tore a strip of fabric off her shirt to use as a bandage."
  • • "He painted a strip of white along the edge of the door frame."

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New York Times09 Mar 1985 Down 12
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