Pulls the plug on

The answer

ENDS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENDS answer page.

Used 47 times across 20 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.

• ABORTS (4 uses in xd)
• DRAINS (2 uses in xd)
• PUTSASTOPTO (1 uses in xd)
• STOPS (1 uses in xd)
• UNSTOPS (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
• Brings to a close - used 70 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

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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