___ and desist
The crossword clue "___ and desist" is answered by CEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CEASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CEASE answer page.
Used 28 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CEASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CEASE, most used first.
- Stop - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
- Discontinue - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
- Halt - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Put an end to - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Leave off - used 31 times, most recently in 2013
- Desist - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- End - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Put a stop to - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Terminate - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
- Knock off - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
- Quit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to a halt - used 21 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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
- Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times
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