When tackling clues like “Stop”, it helps to see what’s worked before. This set of answers includes entries that fit the clue’s phrasing and format in other published crossword puzzles.
Likely Answers:
- ARREST
- REININ
- STEM
- CEASE
- HALT
- BAN
- END
- DESIST
- PULLUP
- ABORT
- PLUG
- BRAKE
- PREVENT
- PACKUP
- CALLAHALTTO
- COMETOREST
- DISCONTINUE
- PUTANENDTO
- LEAVEOFF
- ABATE
Synonyms and Definitions
ARREST
- Synonyms: apprehend, apprehension, catch, check, collar, contain, cop, get, halt, hitch, hold, hold back, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, stay, stoppage, taking into custody, turn back
STEM
- Synonyms: base, bow, fore, prow, radical, root, root word, shank, stalk, stanch, staunch, stem turn, theme
- Definition: In linguistics, its the version of a word once all affixes have been taken away.
CEASE
- Synonyms: discontinue, end, finish, give up, lay off, quit, terminate
HALT
- Synonyms: arrest, block, crippled, freeze, game, gimpy, halting, kibosh, lame, stem
BAN
- Synonyms: bachelor of arts in nursing, banish, banning, blackball, cast out, censor, forbiddance, forbidding, ostracise, ostracize, prohibition, proscription, shun
END
- Synonyms: cease, close, closing, conclusion, death, destruction, ending, final stage, goal, last, oddment, remainder, remnant, terminal
DESIST
- Synonyms: abstain, refrain
PLUG
- Synonyms: ballyhoo, chaw, chew, cud, fire hydrant, fireplug, hack, hoopla, hype, jade, male plug, nag, plug away, punch, quid, secure, spark plug, sparking plug, stop up, stopper, stopple, wad
BRAKE
- Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum
PREVENT
- Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, keep, preclude
DISCONTINUE
- Synonyms: break, break off
ABATE
- Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off, slake