The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REST , but the solution may also be HESITATE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).
Pause crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REST | 38 % | 4 |
| LETUP | 20 % | 5 |
| STAY | 11 % | 4 |
| LULL | 6 % | 4 |
| HESITATE | 6 % | 8 |
| RESPITE | 3 % | 7 |
| HALT | 3 % | 4 |
| TIMELAG | 2 % | 7 |
| INTERIM | 2 % | 7 |
| STOP | 2 % | 4 |
| DELAY | 2 % | 5 |
| CAESURA | 2 % | 7 |
| INTERLUDE | 2 % | 9 |
| DEMUR | 2 % | 5 |
| WAITABIT | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pause
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- suspension
- intermit
- interruption
- hesitate
- break
- intermission
- respite
- hiatus
- stoppage
- letup
- lull
- detain
Crossword Answer definitions
REST noun- (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- A final position after death.
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- Absence of motion.
- A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A set or game at tennis.
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
- To stay, remain, be situated.
- To lean, lie, or lay.
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- To sleep; slumber.
- To lie dormant.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To rely or depend on.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- That which remains.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- To remain.
- To arrest.
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 REST
- Caesura
- Take five
- Break
- Kick back
- Moment of silence
- Observe the Sabbath?
- Pause
- Peace of mind
- Take a break
- Take a breather
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result STAY
- Canine command
- Corset support
- Command to Fido
- Hang in
- Remain
- Corset feature
- Don't budge
- Order to Fido
- Stick around
- "Wait, I don't want to be alone here!"
More clues leading to the result LULL
- Slow interval
- Break in the action
- Put to sleep
- Soothe
- Sing "Rock-a-Bye Baby"
- Ebb
- Quiet spell
- Quiet time
- Temporary letup
- Calm before the storm
More clues leading to the result HESITATE
- Pause indecisively
- Get lost?
- Act cautiously
- Pause
- Look before you leap
- Show uncertainty
- Hang back
- Be indecisive
- Hem
- Waver in purpose.
More clues leading to the result RESPITE
- Break
- Breathing spell
- Breathing space
- Reprieve
- Time off
- Relief
- Time to catch one's breath
- Refreshing break
- Time-out
- Breather
More clues leading to the result HALT
- "Hold it right there!"
- Sentry's command
- Sentry's cry
- Cease!
- Cut off
- Military command
- Stop in your tracks
- Stop!
- Watch word
- Stop
More clues leading to the result TIMELAG
- Delay
- Interval between lightning and thunder, say
- Chemist's observation
- Period between stimulus and response
- Period between related events
- Temporal delay
- Temporal interval
- Pause
- Interval between related events
- Lightning-to-thunder interval, e.g.
More clues leading to the result INTERIM
- Short-term
- Meantime
- Temporary
- Time gap
- Timely gap
- Meanwhile
- Temporary period
- Provisional
- Stopgap
- Time between periods.
More clues leading to the result STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
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
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 INTERLUDE
- Entr'acte
- Entertainment between the acts.
- Performance between the acts.
- Pause.
- O'Neill's "Strange ___"
- Rest time
- Period between
- Dramatic break
- Theater break
- Theatrical pause
More clues leading to the result DEMUR
- Object
- Protest
- Take exception
- Beg to differ
- Say you disagree
- Voice one's opposition
- Express doubts
- Be opposed
- Refuse to agree
- Hesitate