The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VETO , but the solution may also be END which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Quash crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VETO | 21 % | 4 |
| END | 19 % | 3 |
| ANNUL | 14 % | 5 |
| NIX | 12 % | 3 |
| STOP | 7 % | 4 |
| SUBDUE | 5 % | 6 |
| SITON | 5 % | 5 |
| STEPON | 5 % | 6 |
| SUPPRESS | 5 % | 8 |
| HALT | 2 % | 4 |
| STIFLE | 2 % | 6 |
| KILL | 2 % | 4 |
Why may END be the right solution?
The word "quash" means to put an end to or suppress something. The answer "END" is a fitting solution because it represents the act of bringing something to a conclusion or terminating it.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Quash
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reduce
- keep down
- repress
- subdue
- annul
- avoid
- nullify
- invalidate
- subjugate
- void
- suppress
- overthrow
Crossword Answer definitions
VETO noun- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- To use a veto against.
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 VETO
- Executive turndown
- Line-item ____
- Literally, "I forbid"
- Pocket item?
- Line-item __
- Kill a bill
- Reject
- Put the kibosh on
- Bill cancellation
- Break up a bill?
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result ANNUL
- Declare invalid
- Expunge
- Make void
- Cancel
- Void
- Invalidate
- Dissolve, as a union
- Declare legally void
- Declare void
- Undo
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 SUBDUE
- Keep down
- Pin in a ring, perhaps
- Overcome
- Overpower by force
- Tame
- Put down
- Quash
- Pin in a ring, say
- Bring under control
- Quell
More clues leading to the result SITON
- "__ it!": Fonzie
- Use an ottoman
- Perch
- Trigger, as a whoopee cushion
- Squash, in a way
- Keep quiet about
- Squash, perhaps
- Delay, in a way
- ___ one's hands (fail to act)
- Squelch
More clues leading to the result STEPON
- RESTAURANT SIGN BECOMES ESCALATOR SIGN
- Smoosh
- Trample
- "___ no pets" (palindromic pet shop sign?)
- Board
- Accidentally crush, maybe
- Quash
- Squash
- Squash, perhaps
- Squish
More clues leading to the result SUPPRESS
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 STIFLE
- Bunker command?
- Suppress
- Suppress, as a cough
- Sit on
- Put a lid on
- Horse's knee
- Suppress, as a yawn
- Archie Bunker command
- Squelch
- Archie's admonition to Edith