The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAPSE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Interruption crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
LAPSE | 27 % | 5 |
GAP | 27 % | 3 |
HIATUS | 15 % | 6 |
PAUSE | 15 % | 5 |
CAESURA | 4 % | 7 |
BREAK | 4 % | 5 |
DELAY | 4 % | 5 |
AHEM | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Interruption
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- disruption
- suspension
- pause
- break
- gap
- intermission
- interference
- obstruction
- hiatus
- stoppage
- lapse
- stopping
Crossword Answer definitions
LAPSE noun- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A fall or apostasy.
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
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 LAPSE
- Breach
- Run out
- Expire
- Spiritual fall
- Spell of forgetfulness
- Gap, as in time
- Fall back
- Slip
- Moment of blanking out
- Pass by
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split
More clues leading to the result HIATUS
- Break
- Time out
- Break in the action
- Interruption
- Respite from business as usual
- Gap
- Short break in activity
- Off time
- Continuity interruption
- Continuity break
More clues leading to the result PAUSE
- VCR button
- What "||" means on a YouTube video
- || on a YouTube video
- Break
- Caesura
- Button on a VCR
- Take ten
- Breather
- Interruption
- TiVo button
More clues leading to the result CAESURA
- Poetic pause
- What gives a poet pause
- Pause in conversation
- Verse pause
- Interruption
- Literary pause
- Pause
- Poet's pause
- Prosodic pause
- A pause, in verse or music.
More clues leading to the result BREAK
- Respite from work
- Do better than, as a score
- Interruption
- Need fixing
- Go to pieces?
- Word that can follow the last word of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 27-Down
- Intermission
- Bit of luck
- Nine ball beginning
- Time away from work
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem