Take a breather
The crossword clue "Take a breather" is answered by PAUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Brief halt - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Remote button - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- 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.
- Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Takes a breather - RESTS, used 132 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Take it easy - RELAX, used 103 times
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