Shaved heads of punks appeared revolutionary

The answer to “Shaved heads of punks appeared revolutionary” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is PARED — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on August 29, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 23-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Shaved heads of punks appeared revolutionary” answer

PARED (5 letters)

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Why the answer is PARED

This means trimmed down, as hair might be. ✂️

What does PARED mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of PARED is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Shaved heads of punks appeared revolutionary” appeared?

The Times Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 29, 2026 (most recent) → PARED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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