The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HALTS , but the solution may also be DESISTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Stops crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HALTS | 19 % | 5 |
| DESISTS | 18 % | 7 |
| ENDS | 17 % | 4 |
| CEASES | 17 % | 6 |
| ARRESTS | 12 % | 7 |
| RESTS | 3 % | 5 |
| DEPOTS | 3 % | 6 |
| DETAINS | 2 % | 7 |
| PAUSES | 2 % | 6 |
| ADJOURNS | 1 % | 8 |
| BRAKES | 1 % | 6 |
| EMBARS | 1 % | 6 |
| PLUGSUP | 1 % | 7 |
| STALLS | 1 % | 6 |
| DIES | 1 % | 4 |
| PERIODS | 1 % | 7 |
| MORATORIA | 1 % | 9 |
Why may DESISTS be the right solution?
The word "desists" means to stop doing something. So, "Stops" can be synonymously represented by "DESISTS".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stops
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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 DESISTS
More clues leading to the result ENDS
- Comes to a conclusion
- Loose ____
- Means justification, to some
- Odds' partner
- Pulls the plug on
- Remnants
- Shakespeare title word
- Some are split
- These may be tight or split
- They can be tight or loose
More clues leading to the result CEASES
- Stops raining
- Puts an end to
- Discontinues
- Breaks off
- Concludes
- Brings to a stop
- Stops
- Terminates
- Lays off
- Puts the kibosh on
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
- Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries
More clues leading to the result RESTS
- Musical breathers
- Takes five
- Musical stops
- Quiet moments
- Sheet music symbols
- Takes a breather
- Takes a siesta
- Takes a break
- Pauses
- Stops playing
More clues leading to the result DEPOTS
- Stations
- Freight buildings
- Dots on a railway map
- Storehouses
- Whistle stop stops
- Stops on a line
- They might be termini
- Railroad stops
- Train stations
- Bus stations
More clues leading to the result DETAINS
- Holds back
- Holds in custody
- Holds for questioning
- Keeps in custody
- Withholds.
- Causes to remain.
- Keeps in custody.
- Confines.
- Stops.
- Keeps back
More clues leading to the result PAUSES
- Pregnant moments?
- Brief rests
- Takes a breather
- Hiatuses
- Commas signal them
- Obeys a comma
- Short stops
- Stops and waits
- Dash results
- Features of many impromptu speeches
More clues leading to the result ADJOURNS
More clues leading to the result BRAKES
- Slows down
- They stop traffic
- They can stop traffic
- Sedan stoppers
- Auto maintenance items
- Car stoppers
- They have shoes and drums
- *Holdup causes?
- Traffic stoppers?
- They're depressed by drivers
More clues leading to the result EMBARS
More clues leading to the result PLUGSUP
More clues leading to the result STALLS
- Stable areas
- Conks out
- Tries to buy time
- Quits turning over
- Plays for time
- Blocks
- Stable divisions
- Hems and haws, maybe
- Delays
- Delays on purpose
More clues leading to the result DIES
- Stamping devices
- Taps' partners
- __ laughing (cracks up)
- Buys the farm
- Goes the way of all flesh
- Becomes powerless
- Coin stampers
- Runs out of juice
- Loses in a videogame, often
- Conks out
More clues leading to the result PERIODS
- Sentence enders
- Sentence stoppers
- Stopping points
- Hockey game divisions
- Lunch and study hall
- Game divisions
- Stretches
- Time frames
- Sentence-ending marks
- Eras