Cease and ___
The crossword clue "Cease and ___" is answered by DESIST, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DESIST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESIST answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DESIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by DESIST, most used first.
- Stop - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Cease - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- "Knock it off!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Cease's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cut it out - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- Up and about - ARISEN, used 53 times
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Spain and Portugal - IBERIA, used 51 times
- Wine and dine - REGALE, used 47 times
- Out-and-out - ARRANT, used 42 times
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