| Trim (down) | 11 |
| Take the skin off | 17 |
| Strip peaches | 13 |
| Strip a Granny Smith? | 21 |
| Remove, as skin | 15 |
| Remove, as fruit skin | 21 |
| Remove, as an outer coating | 27 |
| Remove rinds | 12 |
| Ready apples for a pie | 22 |
| Prepare apples for cooking | 26 |
| Prepare apples for applesauce | 29 |
| Made without milk or meat | 25 |
| Gradually reduce (with "down") | 40 |
| Dramatically reduce | 19 |
| Do k.p. work | 12 |
| Diminish, with "down" | 31 |
| Denude an apple | 15 |
| Deal with a bloated budget | 26 |
| Cut the peel off | 16 |
| Cut the peel from | 17 |
| Cut the outer layer off | 23 |
| Cut down a bloated budget | 25 |
| Cut costs | 9 |
| Work with apples | 16 |
| Whittle, with "down" | 30 |
| Use a vegetable peeler on | 25 |
| Use a peeler on | 15 |
| Trim, with "down" | 27 |
| Trim, with "away" | 27 |
| Trim, as apples | 15 |
| Trim with a knife | 17 |
| Take the rind off | 17 |
| Take off the coat | 17 |
| Strip an orange | 15 |
| Strip a fruit | 13 |
| Strip (down) | 12 |
| Skin skin | 9 |
| Skin fruit | 10 |
| Shave down | 10 |
| Shave an apple | 14 |
| Remove, as rinds | 16 |
| Remove, as rind | 15 |
| Remove the skin of, as an apple | 31 |
| Remove the outer coating | 24 |
| Remove outer skin | 17 |
| Remove a rind, e.g. | 19 |
| Remove a coating | 16 |
| Reduce, in a way | 16 |
| Reduce by degrees | 17 |
| Reduce bit by bit | 17 |
| Prepare, as apples for pie | 26 |
| Prep, as apples for applesauce | 30 |
| Peel, as apples | 15 |
| Peel, as a rind | 15 |
| Peel, as a potato | 17 |
| Peel off, as a peel | 19 |
| Lessen, with "down" | 29 |
| Gradually reduce, with "down" | 39 |
| Father of modern surgery | 24 |
| Documentary filmmaker Lorentz | 29 |
| Do some whittling | 17 |
| Do kitchen work | 15 |
| Do K.P. | 7 |
| Do a kitchen-police job | 23 |
| Do a kitchen chore | 18 |
| Diminish bit by bit | 19 |
| Denude potatoes | 15 |
| Decrease gradually, with "down" | 41 |
| Decrease gradually (with "down") | 42 |
| Cut, as expenses | 16 |
| Cut the outer layer of | 22 |
| Cut back on expenses, e.g. | 26 |
| Cut (down), as expenses | 23 |
| Adorned: Fr. | 12 |
| ____ down: reduce as expenses | 29 |
| Peeled | 6 |
| Skinned | 7 |
| Used a vegetable peeler | 23 |
| Whittled | 8 |
| Downsized | 9 |
| Cut away | 8 |
| Scraped | 7 |
| Removed the peel from | 21 |
| Did a KP chore | 14 |
| Decorticated | 12 |
| Whittled down | 13 |
| Whittled (down) | 15 |
| Took a little off | 17 |
| Prepared apples for pie | 23 |
| Peeled, as potatoes | 19 |
| Made smaller | 12 |
| Used a peeler on | 16 |
| Used a peeler | 13 |
| Used a fruit knife | 18 |
| Trimmed off, as a rind | 22 |
| Trimmed back | 12 |
| Trimmed away | 12 |
| Trimmed a pippin, e.g. | 22 |
| Trimmed a pippin | 16 |
| Took off a coat | 15 |