The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STANDOFF , but the solution may also be STALEMATE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Impasse crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STANDOFF | 24 % | 8 |
| LOGJAM | 20 % | 6 |
| STALEMATE | 20 % | 9 |
| MEXICANSTANDOFF | 16 % | 15 |
| BLINDALLEY | 8 % | 10 |
| DEADEND | 4 % | 7 |
| CULDESAC | 4 % | 8 |
| ATAN | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Impasse
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dead end
- blind alley
- standstill
- deadlock
- cul de sac
- stalemate
- dead-end street
- cul-de-sac
- dead-end
- stagnation
- immobility
- failure
Crossword Answer definitions
STANDOFF verb- To stand some distance apart from something or someone.
- To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.
- To move away from shore.
- A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
- A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists (see stand off and verb below).
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 STANDOFF
More clues leading to the result LOGJAM
- River blockage
- Massive pileup
- Bottleneck
- Immovable pileup
- Immovable blockage
- Deadlock
- Pileup at a lumber mill
- Blockage
- Severe backup
- Backup
More clues leading to the result STALEMATE
- Tie for Kasparov
- Deadlock
- Bring to a standstill
- No-win situation
- Impasse
- Standoff
- Chess outcome
- Endgame result, sometimes
- Impasse.
- One of the U. N. headaches.
More clues leading to the result MEXICANSTANDOFF
More clues leading to the result BLINDALLEY
- No way out
- Dead end
- Search-stymieing spot
- Unproductive path
- Impasse
- Hopeless situation
- Fruitless course
- Career with no future.
- Cul-de-sac.
- Impasse.
More clues leading to the result DEADEND
- No-exit
- "__ Kids" (Gorcey's gang)
- Low-traffic street
- Having no possibility for progress
- Maze solver's encounter
- Blind alley
- Cul-de-sac
- Having no future, as a job
- Maze feature
- Like a McJob
More clues leading to the result CULDESAC
- It provides no outlets
- Blind alley
- Polanski's 1966 movie about a maze?
- Dead end
- Dead-end street
- Dead-end road
- Good street for playing
- Literally, "bottom of the bag"
- It'll get you nowhere
- Blind alley.