Pull the plug on

The answer

END

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the END answer page.

Used 36 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 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.

• STOP (6 uses in xd)
• CEASE (4 uses in xd)
• DRAIN (3 uses in xd)
• ABORT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for END

Every other clue in this collection answered by END, most used first.

• Finish - used 376 times, most recently in 2026
• Conclusion - used 369 times, most recently in 2026
• Conclude - used 278 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrap up - used 252 times, most recently in 2026
• Finale - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
• Terminate - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Terminus - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind up - used 78 times, most recently in 2024
• Come to a close - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Finish up - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Last part - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Termination - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Bring to a close - used 27 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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