Stop doing
The crossword clue "Stop doing" is answered by CEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CEASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CEASE answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 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
- 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
- Type of fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- ___ and desist order - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Stop on ___ - ADIME, used 53 times
- Train stop - DEPOT, used 44 times
- Caravan stop - OASIS, used 40 times
- Elevator stop - FLOOR, used 40 times
- Sailor's "Stop!" - AVAST, used 35 times
- Put an ___ (stop) - ENDTO, used 28 times
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