The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAPES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Stops and stares crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAPES | 100 % | 5 |
Why may GAPES be the right solution?
"GAPES" fits the clue "Stops and stares" because when someone is gaping, they are stopping what they are doing and staring in amazement or disbelief.
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Crossword Answer definitions
GAPES noun- An act of gaping; a yawn.
- A large opening.
- A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
- The width of an opening.
- The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
- To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- To stare in wonder.
- To open wide; to display a gap.
- Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
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