Brief halt

The answer

PAUSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAUSE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PAUSE

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

• Hesitate - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Remote control button - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief rest - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• VCR button - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• Take a break - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• DVD remote button - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• DVD player button - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Break - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Remote button - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Take a breather - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Caesura - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Hiatus - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Stop for a bit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop temporarily - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Break in the action - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Respite - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Stop for a moment - 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.

• Halt - CEASE, used 47 times
• Brief brawl - SETTO, used 42 times
• Brief - SHORT, used 30 times
• Brief fight - SETTO, used 29 times
• Brief appearance - CAMEO, used 26 times
• Salt's "Halt!" - AVAST, used 26 times

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