___ and desist order

The answer

CEASE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CEASE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CEASE

Every other clue in this collection answered by CEASE, most used first.

• Stop - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
• Discontinue - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• Halt - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Put an end to - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Leave off - used 31 times, most recently in 2013
• Desist - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• End - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Put a stop to - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Terminate - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ and desist - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Knock off - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Quit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Come to a halt - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Desist's partner - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Knock it off - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Come to an end - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Break off - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Cut out - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• ___-fire - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Desist partner - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• "Cut it out!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Bring to an end - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Bring to a halt - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Call a halt to - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Shut down - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Go no further - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Stop doing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Avast - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Cut off - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Fire starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Stop it - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
• On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
• Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
• "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
• Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
• Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times

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