Pause
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 6 Jul 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 28 May 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Thursday, 4 Mar 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Friday, 22 Jan 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 19 Nov 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 6 Jun 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 11 Nov 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 12 Jul 2017
Crossword Answers
3 letters
GAP
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
4 letters
STOP
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
REST
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
HALT
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
LULL
Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
5 letters
LETUP
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
LAPSE
A mistake resulting from inattention
BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
WAVER
The act of moving back and forth
6 letters
HIATUS
A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
7 letters
SUSPEND
Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
RESPITE
A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
8 letters
INTERVAL
The distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
HESITATE
Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
STOPPAGE
The act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
INTERMIT
Cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
BREATHER
Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time
9 letters
INTERLUDE
A brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
10 letters
SUSPENSION
The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
HESITATION
A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
12 letters
INTERMISSION
The act of suspending activity temporarily
INTERRUPTION
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"