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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

DIE
A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

BAN
A decree that prohibits something

BAR
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

4 letters

STAY
Continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

QUIT
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

HALT
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

WHOA

CORK
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

DONT

POTS

REST
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

PLUG
Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

5 letters

AVERT
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

ABORT

LETUP
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

CEASE
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

DETER
Turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

PAUSE
Temporary inactivity

AVAST

CATCH
Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"

BLOCK
The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

CHECK
The act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

HITCH
The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

DEPOT
A depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"

BRAKE
Anything that slows or hinders a process; "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"

6 letters

GIVEUP
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

LAYOFF
The act of laying off an employee or a work force

HOLDON
Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

KIBOSH
Stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

FINISH
The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

PERIOD
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"

DESIST
Choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

ENOUGH
Sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

PULLUP
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"

NOMORE
Not now; "she is no more"

HOLDIT

STANCH
Stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

ARREST
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

ACCOST
Speak to someone

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REFRAIN
Choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

HEAVETO

LAYOVER
Place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

PREVENT
Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

CONTAIN
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

BLOCKUP
Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

CLOSURE
Termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"

PLOSIVE
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

8 letters

BREAKOFF
Break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

BLOCKADE
Prevents access or progress

BLOCKAGE
The act of blocking

BLOCKOFF
Obstruct access to

STOPPAGE
The act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

HOLDBACK
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

TURNBACK
Turn inside out or upside down

FULLSTOP
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"

LEAVEOFF
Stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"

STOPOVER
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

9 letters

DIAPHRAGM
A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

FULLPOINT
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"

INTERCEPT
The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

BARRICADE
A barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"

OCCLUSION
The act of blocking

OCCLUSIVE
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

TERMINATE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

10 letters

STANDSTILL
Remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

KNOCKITOFF

STREETSIGN
A sign visible from the street

PUTANENDTO

11 letters

COMETOANEND

HOLDITTHERE

DISCONTINUE
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

13 letters

STOPCONSONANT
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

14 letters

COASTONTHROUGH

15 letters

POSTREFORMATION

16 letters

PLOSIVECONSONANT
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

18 letters

PLOSIVESPEECHSOUND
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"