The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CEASE , but the solution may also be STOP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Put an end to crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CEASE | 50 % | 5 |
| ABOLISH | 7 % | 7 |
| STOP | 6 % | 4 |
| NIX | 6 % | 3 |
| SLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| BAN | 3 % | 3 |
| CUTOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| NIX Down | 1 % | 38 |
| TERMINATE | 1 % | 9 |
| DISCONTINUE | 1 % | 11 |
| CEASED | 1 % | 6 |
| CAN | 1 % | 3 |
| UNDO | 1 % | 4 |
| STANCH | 1 % | 6 |
| DOIN | 1 % | 4 |
| ABOLISHED | 1 % | 9 |
| KIBOSH | 1 % | 6 |
| SCOTCHED | 1 % | 8 |
| ABATE | 1 % | 5 |
| DESTROY | 1 % | 7 |
| LIMIT | 1 % | 5 |
| SCOTCH | 1 % | 6 |
| HALTED | 1 % | 6 |
Why may NIX-DOWN be the right solution?
The word "NIX" means to put an end to or to veto something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put an end to
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- terminate
- kill off
- end all
- end on
- ending
- snuff out
- eradicating
- terminating
- extinguish
- eradication
- eliminate
- put down
Crossword Answer definitions
CEASE noun- Cessation; extinction (see without cease).
- To stop.
- To stop doing (something).
- To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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 CEASE
More clues leading to the result ABOLISH
- Wipe out
- Get rid of
- Do away with
- Stamp out
- Put a stop to
- Eliminate
- Put an end to
- Void
- Make illegal
- Do away with.
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 NIX
- Veto
- Put the kibosh on
- Refuse to allow
- "No way!"
- Cancel
- Strike from the record
- Shoot down
- Give the thumbs-down to
- Reject
- Turn thumbs-down on
More clues leading to the result SLAY
- Do in the dragon
- Overwhelm with laughter
- Do in
- Dispatch a dragon
- Overwhelm
- Amusingly overwhelm
- Kill
- Do well at a 39-Down
- Emulate Natty Bumppo
- Do in, as a dragon
More clues leading to the result BAN
- Prohibit
- Prohibition
- Forbid
- Outlaw
- Proscribe
- Taboo
- Big soda ___ (failed Bloombergian initiative)
- -
- Disallow
- Uncompromising law
More clues leading to the result CUTOUT
- Paper doll, for example
- Delete
- Figure often made of cardboard
- Paper doll, say
- Remove from the magazine, as coupons
- Snip from the newspaper
- Clip
- Stop
- Paper design.
- Childhood delight.
More clues leading to the result NIX Down
More clues leading to the result TERMINATE
More clues leading to the result DISCONTINUE
More clues leading to the result CEASED
More clues leading to the result CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result UNDO
More clues leading to the result STANCH
- Stop, as bleeding
- Stop the flow of
- Make watertight
- Stem the flow of
- Stop, as a liquid flow
- Halt the flow of, as tears or blood
- Stop the bleeding
- Use a tourniquet
- Check
- Stem the flow
More clues leading to the result DOIN
More clues leading to the result ABOLISHED
More clues leading to the result KIBOSH
- Put the ___ on (squelch)
- Put the ___ on (stop)
- Figurative end
- Stopper
- It serves as a stop, slangily
- The thing to put on that's a halter
- It's a stopper when it's put on
- Put the ___ on: squelch
- Put the __ on: squelch
- Unwelcome end, with "the"
More clues leading to the result SCOTCHED
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result DESTROY
More clues leading to the result LIMIT
- "25 words or less," e.g.
- Border line
- Boundary
- Ceiling
- Demarcate
- Restrict
- Maximum bet
- 55 miles an hour, maybe
- Cutoff
- Hold in check
More clues leading to the result SCOTCH
- Highland Bramble ingredient
- Rob Roy liquor
- Word with pine or tape
- Chivas Regal, for one
- Put the kibosh on
- Drambuie ingredient
- __ and soda
- Single-malt liquor
- It's often served with soda
- __ tape