Become an ex-smoker

The answer

QUIT

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for QUIT

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

• Throw in the towel - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Resign - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Give up - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Call it a day - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack it in - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Discontinue - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• Go cold turkey - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Cease - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Stop - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Knock off - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Drop out - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Give notice - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Say uncle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bail - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave. - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Bow out - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Leave one's job - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Walk out - used 6 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.

• Sicilian smoker - ETNA, used 76 times
• Become unhinged - SNAP, used 34 times
• Become weary - TIRE, used 31 times
• Become fatigued - TIRE, used 27 times
• Turn __ (become) - INTO, used 26 times
• Become a member - JOIN, used 23 times

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