Remove the skin from Crossword Clue

• Cut back on

  New York Times · Sunday, September 27, 2026 · 4 letters

• Reduce

  New York Times · Friday, July 10, 2026 · 4 letters

• Winnow

  New York Times · Sunday, April 5, 2026 · 4 letters

• Cut back

  New York Times · Tuesday, June 17, 2025 · 4 letters

• Trim (down)

  New York Times · Wednesday, February 5, 2025 · 4 letters

• Trim

  New York Times · Wednesday, March 15, 2023 · 4 letters

• Peel

  New York Times · Saturday, December 3, 2022 · 4 letters

• Peel ... or, phonetically, a fruit you might do this to

  New York Times · Monday, May 9, 2022 · 4 letters

• Whittle (down)

  New York Times · Wednesday, August 11, 2021 · 4 letters

• Shave

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 9, 2021 · 4 letters

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• 33-Across Egg cells
• 34-Across Dress in Delhi
• 35-Across Readies, as a fishing line
• 36-Down Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks
• 37-Down Levelheaded
• 38-Across Blowout game, in sports headlines
• 40-Across Auto-___, setting for many subscription services
• 41-Down Notable features of elves and basset hounds
• 42-Down Latticed metal used in construction and fencing
• 43-Across American city in the Sonoran Desert
• 44-Across Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles
• 45-Down Divisions in some history books