The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CEASE , but the solution may also be NIX Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CEASE | 51 % | 5 |
| ABOLISH | 7 % | 7 |
| NIX | 6 % | 3 |
| STOP | 4 % | 4 |
| SLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| BAN | 3 % | 3 |
| CAN | 1 % | 3 |
| UNDO | 1 % | 4 |
| ABOLISHED | 1 % | 9 |
| STANCH | 1 % | 6 |
| DOIN | 1 % | 4 |
| SCOTCHED | 1 % | 8 |
| KIBOSH | 1 % | 6 |
| ABATE | 1 % | 5 |
| DESTROY | 1 % | 7 |
| LIMIT | 1 % | 5 |
| HALTED | 1 % | 6 |
| SCOTCH | 1 % | 6 |
| CUTOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| NIX Down | 1 % | 38 |
| CEASED | 1 % | 6 |
| TERMINATE | 1 % | 9 |
| DISCONTINUE | 1 % | 11 |
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 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 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 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 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 ABOLISHED
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 SCOTCHED
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 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 HALTED
- Put the kibosh on
- Put an end to
- Put a stop to
- 0beyed a sentry
- Suspended
- Stopped
- Quit marching
- Drew up
- Ended the march
- Stopped marching
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
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.