The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ENDS , but the solution may also be HALTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Ceases crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENDS | 33 % | 4 |
| HALTS | 20 % | 5 |
| DESISTS | 18 % | 7 |
| STOPS | 16 % | 5 |
| BELAYS | 2 % | 6 |
| PASSESOFF | 2 % | 9 |
| STOPSIT | 2 % | 7 |
| EXPIRES | 2 % | 7 |
| DIES | 2 % | 4 |
| LETSUP | 2 % | 6 |
Why may HALTS be the right solution?
The word "halts" is a synonym for "ceases," meaning to come to a stop or end.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ceases
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stop
- discontinue
- terminate
- quit
- lay off
- give up
- end
- finish
- becomes
- cessation
- closes
- completes
Crossword Answer definitions
ENDS noun- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- (by extension) Death.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- (in the plural) Money.
- To come to an end
- To finish, terminate.
- The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
- Money.
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 ENDS
- Comes to a conclusion
- Loose ____
- Means justification, to some
- Odds' partner
- Pulls the plug on
- Remnants
- Shakespeare title word
- Some are split
- These may be tight or split
- They can be tight or loose
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 DESISTS
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off
More clues leading to the result BELAYS
- Protects a rock climber
- Secures, as a ship's rope
- Fastens a ship's rope
- Fastens, as a ship's rope
- Countermands an order
- Ties a rope around a cleat.
- Secures ship's ropes.
- Makes ropes fast by winding: Naut.
- Makes fast a rope
- Makes fast
More clues leading to the result PASSESOFF
More clues leading to the result STOPSIT
More clues leading to the result EXPIRES
More clues leading to the result DIES
- Stamping devices
- Taps' partners
- __ laughing (cracks up)
- Buys the farm
- Goes the way of all flesh
- Becomes powerless
- Coin stampers
- Runs out of juice
- Loses in a videogame, often
- Conks out