Ceases to be

The answer

ISNT

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 7 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.

• CROAKS (1 uses in xd)
• ENDS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ISNT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ISNT, most used first.

• "___ It Romantic?" - used 132 times, most recently in 2025
• Fails to be - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• "Money ___ everything" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "Winning ___ everything" - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Does not exist - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
• Ain't right? - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ that special?" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ She Lovely" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Common contraction - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Say it ___ so!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
• "__ It a Pity" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "It ___ what you think!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Ain't correct? - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• "Well, ___ that special!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Doesn't exist - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "There ___ any more." - used 18 times, most recently in 1976
• First word of "Send in the Clowns" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder song) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Freedom ___ free" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ it ironic?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "This ___ my day!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• George Harrison's "___ It a Pity" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ it obvious?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "That __ fair!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Has no life - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "Life ___ fair" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Common verbal contraction. - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• No longer exists - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• "__ that something?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Ain't corrected - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Lacks being - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative contraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "Small world, __ it?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Ain't proper - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Negative verbal contraction. - used 9 times, most recently in 1967
• "___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "That ___ funny!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Lacks life - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ that nice?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Ain't - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Berlin's "Say It ___ So" - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Equivalent of "ain't" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "If This ___ Love" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• "It ___ fair!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lacks existence - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder tune) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Exists no more - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• "It just ___ fair!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ that cute?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "This ___ fair!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Ceases - ENDS, used 45 times

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