Possible Clues:

• How Prudence and Edward got cut down to size
• This has had a cut in the hidden nude at last (6)
• First of plants under­developed, cut back
• Used shears
• Cut fruit, dried date
• Quietly work on limited edition being trimmed
• Cut race during sports day
• (Of a shrub) cut back
• Tended to, as a hedge
• Did some lopping