Related Clues:

• Winnow
• Deal with a bloated budget
• Trim down
• Cut the fat, e.g.
• Do kitchen work
• Work with apples
• Take off the coat
• Remove an outer coating
• Trim, as expenses
• Peel, as a potato
• Cut (down), as expenses
• Remove, as rind
• Remove rind
• Do a kitchen chore
• Take the rind off