The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COMMA which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Cause for a pause crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COMMA | 73 % | 5 |
| EMDASH | 13 % | 6 |
| COLON | 7 % | 5 |
| SEMICOLON | 7 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cause for a pause
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- comma
- semicolon
- dash
- stammer
- check
- repose
- stage
- staged
- blow
- break
- breathe
- cease
Crossword Answer definitions
COMMA noun- The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
- A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
- A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
- A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
- In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
- A brief interval.
- To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
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 COMMA
- Punctuation mark
- Pause in a sentence
- Series separator
- One in 10,000?
- Sign between clauses
- It gives one pause
- Sentence separator
- List punctuation mark
- List separator
- Break for readers
More clues leading to the result EMDASH
- Break in a title
- Interruption of thought indicator
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- Long punctuation mark
- Cause for a pause
- Remark-demarcating mark
- [XXX]
- It might interrupt a sentence
- Sentence interrupter
- Hyphen relative
More clues leading to the result COLON
- West central Cuban city:
- Punctuation mark
- Two-dot mark
- Emoticon's eyes, often
- List preceder
- Two dots on a page
- Emoticon's eyes
- Dissertation-title divider
- Chapter/verse separator
- It comes right after the hour