"Stop right there!"
The crossword clue ""Stop right there!"" is answered by HALT, a 4-letter entry. Used 51 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HALT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HALT answer page.
Used 51 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 22 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.
- HOLDIT (11 uses in xd)
- FREEZE (4 uses in xd)
- DONTEVEN (2 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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.
- "Yeah, right!" - IBET, used 238 times
- "Bus Stop" playwright - INGE, used 177 times
- "Yeah, right!" - ASIF, used 159 times
- Right on the map - EAST, used 140 times
- All there - SANE, used 134 times
- "___ there, done that" - BEEN, used 123 times
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