The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STOPS , but the solution may also be CEASES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Halts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOPS | 30 % | 5 |
| CEASES | 30 % | 6 |
| ARRESTS | 15 % | 7 |
| DESISTS | 7 % | 7 |
| ENDS | 7 % | 4 |
| STAYS | 4 % | 5 |
| MORATORIA | 4 % | 9 |
| SUSPENDS | 4 % | 8 |
Why may ENDS be the right solution?
The answer "ENDS" fits the clue "Halts" because when something ends, it comes to a stop or ceases to continue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Halts
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lame
- crippled
- stanch
- kibosh
- stoppage
- stop
- unfit
- hold
- stay
- arrest
- settle
- hitch
Crossword Answer definitions
STOPS noun- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- An f-stop.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- To cease moving.
- To not continue.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To close or block an opening.
- (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To punctuate.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
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 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 CEASES
- Stops raining
- Puts an end to
- Discontinues
- Breaks off
- Concludes
- Brings to a stop
- Stops
- Terminates
- Lays off
- Puts the kibosh on
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
- Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries
More clues leading to the result DESISTS
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 STAYS
- Corset supports
- Doesn't go
- Corset stiffeners
- Death row reprieves
- Collar inserts
- Collar holders
- Sticks around
- Corsets
- Corset features
- Last-minute calls to death row
More clues leading to the result MORATORIA
- Temporary suspensions
- Halts
- Legal authorizations for delay in payments.
- Authorized delays
- Stops
- Suspensions
- Suspensions of activity
- Freezes
- Breaks