Come to a halt
The crossword clue "Come to a halt" is answered by CEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CEASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CEASE answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PULLUP (1 uses in xd)
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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Come up - ARISE, used 246 times
- "Come in!" - ENTER, used 188 times
- Come after - ENSUE, used 147 times
- Come together - UNITE, used 119 times
- Come next - ENSUE, used 102 times
- Come to pass - OCCUR, used 89 times
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