The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BRAKES which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2013.
They can stop traffic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: They can stop traffic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- brakes
- lollipop
- block
- turnstile
- plant
- maze
- chokepoint
- red
- chameleon
- wau
- sleep
- ostrich
Crossword Answer definitions
BRAKES noun- A fern; bracken.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
- To bruise and crush; to knead
- To pulverise with a harrow
- An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- The handle of a pump.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- To operate (a) brake(s).
- To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
- A cage.
- A type of torture instrument.
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