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The answer

STOP

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

Used 36 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 9 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.

• CEASE (30 uses in xd)
• QUIT (4 uses in xd)
• RECEDE (2 uses in xd)
• WHOA (2 uses in xd)
• ENOUGH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for STOP

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

• Halt - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
• Cease - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Go no further - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cut it out!" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "Knock it off!" - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Discontinue - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Organ part - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Traffic sign - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• "Cut that out!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Enough!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Say no more - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• "That's enough!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool it!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Word in an octagon - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• "Freeze!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Octagonal sign - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on an octagon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quit it!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Street sign - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Put an end to - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Come to a halt - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Enough already!" - used 22 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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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