The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HALTS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2009.
Puts on the brakes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HALTS | 63 % | 5 |
| SLOWS | 25 % | 5 |
| SLOWSUP | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puts on the brakes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- put
- check
- checking
- executioner
- liner
- putter
- sets
- stalls
- hell
- applied
- applying
- functional
Crossword Answer definitions
HALTS verb- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To bring to a stop.
- To cause to discontinue.
- Lameness; a limp.
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 HALTS
- Breaks off
- Cuts short
- Goes no farther
- Quits mid-march
- Arrests
- Comes to a stop
- Obeys a sentry
- Heeds the sentry
- Brakes
- Reaches a standstill
More clues leading to the result SLOWS
- Slackens the tempo
- Hits the brakes
- Decelerates
- Brakes
- Hinders
- Cuts the engine
- Reduces speed
- Uses the brakes
- Taps the brake
- Impedes