The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NAP which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2012.
Short break crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NAP | 25 % | 3 |
| BRIEFRESTPERIOD | 25 % | 15 |
| CATNAP | 13 % | 6 |
| RESPITE | 13 % | 7 |
| RANDR | 13 % | 5 |
| TIMEOUT | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short break
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- break
- short time
- half term
- hiatus
- spring break
- vacation
- tea break
- lunchbreak
- holiday
- breaktime
- stopover
- summer holiday
Crossword Answer definitions
NAP noun- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- To be off one's guard.
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
- A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- To grab; to nab.
- To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
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 NAP
- Fabric fuzz
- Afternoon snooze
- Drift off for a bit
- Part of a toddler's afternoon routine
- Take a snooze
- Day break
- Fuzzy fabric surface
- Fast crash?
- Quick time out?
- Fuzzy surface
More clues leading to the result BRIEFRESTPERIOD
More clues leading to the result CATNAP
- Snooze
- Quick snooze
- 42-Across for a bit
- Midafternoon refresher
- Forty winks
- A few winks
- Brief downtime
- Mini-doze
- Quick break
- Short snooze
More clues leading to the result RESPITE
- Break
- Breathing spell
- Breathing space
- Reprieve
- Time off
- Relief
- Time to catch one's breath
- Refreshing break
- Time-out
- Breather
More clues leading to the result RANDR
- Vacationer's quest
- Time off?
- GI's downtime
- GI's time off
- Mil. leave
- Time off
- Time off, for short
- Break from work
- Time off, briefly
- Cure for overwork