Brings to a close
The crossword clue "Brings to a close" is answered by ENDS, a 4-letter entry. Used 70 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ENDS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENDS answer page.
Used 70 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- HALTS (1 uses in xd)
- WRAPSUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ENDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENDS, most used first.
- Concludes - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
- Finishes - used 209 times, most recently in 2026
- Wraps up - used 187 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes to a close - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Termini - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Remnants - used 85 times, most recently in 2024
- Terminates - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Winds up - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Conclusions - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Extremities - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
- Finales - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulls the plug on - used 47 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.
- Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- Close to - NEAR, used 89 times
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
- Close to closed - AJAR, used 56 times
- Close-fitting - SNUG, used 48 times
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