The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HALTS , but the solution may also be STOPS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Brings to a standstill crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HALTS | 33 % | 5 |
| ARRESTS | 33 % | 7 |
| STOPS | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brings to a standstill
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bringing
- curse
- deathblow
- export broker
- finish
- nemesis
- savior
- spots
- stabilizer
- stopper
- stoppered
- cease
Crossword Answer definitions
HALTS verb- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To bring to a stop.
- To cause to discontinue.
- Lameness; a limp.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HALTS
- Breaks off
- Cuts short
- Goes no farther
- Quits mid-march
- Arrests
- Comes to a stop
- Obeys a sentry
- Heeds the sentry
- Brakes
- Reaches a standstill
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
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- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries