Took a breather
The crossword clue "Took a breather" is answered by PAUSED, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1993. 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
PAUSED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAUSED answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- RECESSED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAUSED
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAUSED, most used first.
- Hesitated - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Took a break - RESTED, used 35 times
- Took five - RESTED, used 34 times
- Took a breather - RESTED, used 30 times
- Took long steps - STRODE, used 29 times
- Took it easy - RESTED, used 16 times
- Took care of - TENDED, used 14 times
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