Desist
The crossword clue "Desist" is answered by CEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 30 times across 25 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 30 times across 25 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
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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
- 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
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