Cut on the __

The answer to “Cut on the __” in the The Washington Post crossword is BIAS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on July 19, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 38-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.

“Cut on the __” answer

BIAS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is BIAS

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What does BIAS mean?

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

When else has “Cut on the __” appeared?

The Washington Post 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.

July 19, 2026 (most recent) → BIAS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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