Possible Clues:

• Cut back, as hedges
• Lopped off
• Cut back to give it a sweet start
• How Prudence cut Edward down to size
• Cut back, as a tree
• Trimmed branches etc to promote growth
• Trimmed by cutting away roots and branches to promote growth
• Insurance company retreat over cut back
• Cut it back and rend it up
• Cut back enough to make that pun red