Cease's partner
The crossword clue "Cease's partner" is answered by DESIST, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 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 and ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Mortar's partner - PESTLE, used 22 times
- Noble partner - BARNES, used 18 times
- Hardy's partner - LAUREL, used 17 times
- Pestle's partner - MORTAR, used 17 times
- Addison's partner - STEELE, used 16 times
- Costello's partner - ABBOTT, used 15 times
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