The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STOP , but the solution may also be SIDESTEP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
See 82-Down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
STOP | 27 % | 4 |
LOCKANDKEY | 18 % | 10 |
SIDESTEP | 9 % | 8 |
OPERATIVE | 9 % | 9 |
SOT | 9 % | 3 |
HUR | 9 % | 3 |
CAN | 9 % | 3 |
CART | 9 % | 4 |
Why may SIDESTEP be the right solution?
The answer "SIDESTEP" is the right solution because it is a word that means to avoid or dodge something, which is what you would do when you sidestep an obstacle. In a crossword puzzle, "See 82-Down" indicates that the answer can be found by looking at another clue, and in this case, "sidestep" is the answer to the clue at 82-Down.
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Crossword Answer definitions
STOP noun- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- An f-stop.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- To cease moving.
- To not continue.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To close or block an opening.
- (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To punctuate.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
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 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 LOCKANDKEY
- What valuables are kept under
- Door duo
- Under ___ (securely shut in)
- See 82-Down
- Pair for a certain smith
More clues leading to the result SIDESTEP
More clues leading to the result OPERATIVE
- Spy
- Undercover agent
- Functioning effectively
- Agent
- FBI agent.
- Garment worker or detective.
- Agent.
- Detective.
- Agent or artisan.
- Working
More clues leading to the result SOT
- He's in his cups
- Tippler
- Lush
- Mayberry's Otis, e.g.
- Pink-elephant sighter
- Rummy
- Barfly
- Boozer
- Drunkard
- One with bottled-up feelings?
More clues leading to the result HUR
- "Ben-__"
- "Ben __"
- "Ben-___"
- Ben __
- Heston role
- Ben in an epic film
- Heston role Ben-__
- Ben-__
- Lew Wallace's "Ben-___"
- "Ben-___" (1880 novel)
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