Stop marching

The answer

HALT

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Shut down - 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
• 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.

• "Bus Stop" playwright - INGE, used 177 times
• Cruise stop - ISLE, used 115 times
• Cruise stop - PORT, used 45 times
• Stop up - CLOG, used 39 times
• Marching band instrument - TUBA, used 33 times
• Puts a stop to - ENDS, used 29 times

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