Musical pause
The crossword clue "Musical pause" is answered by REST, a 4-letter entry. Used 61 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
REST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REST answer page.
Used 61 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 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.
- FERMATA (2 uses in xd)
- CESURA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REST
Every other clue in this collection answered by REST, most used first.
- Take a break - used 268 times, most recently in 2026
- Take five - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
- Take a breather - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- Remainder - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Take ten - used 65 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.
- Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times
- Musical finale - CODA, used 109 times
- Musical ending - CODA, used 78 times
- Musical Horne - LENA, used 76 times
- Numbered musical work - OPUS, used 60 times
- "Memory" musical - CATS, used 51 times
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