Shut down
The crossword clue "Shut down" is answered by HALT, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HALT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HALT answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HALT
Every other clue in this collection answered by HALT, most used first.
- Stop - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Sentry's command - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Sentry's cry - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- "Stop right there!" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Sentry's shout - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Sentry's order - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Cease - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- "Freeze!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Sentry's word - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
- "Don't take another step!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Put a stop to - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Standstill - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- "Hold it right there!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Sentry's "Stop!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to a standstill - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "Go no further!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Sentry's call - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stop order? - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Come to a stop - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Discontinue - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Stop marching - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Guard's shout - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Military command - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- "___! Who goes there?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- Not quite shut - AJAR, used 110 times
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