Word "DESIST" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
choose not to consume
Synonyms:
abstain, refrain

Crossword Clues for DESIST

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Stop Eugene Sheffer 29 Aug 2025
Stop interrupting bride, sister! (6) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Aug 2025
Cut it out! The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 11 Aug 2025
Stop Eugene Sheffer 02 Aug 2025
Refrain (6) Puzzler 17 Jul 2025
Abstain from changing sides before time (6)
Refrain The Telegraph Quick 17 Jul 2025
Stop, son. Tide's about to turn (6)
Refrain written the wrong way in couplets is edited The Telegraph Toughie 10 Jun 2025
Stop son getting into strange diets (6)
Stop school moving diets round (6)
Cease; stop
Stop making odd side street small (6)
When a boy is starting trouble, stop it! (6)
Stop cease The Times Concise 19 Apr 2025
Stop the sides playing before time (6)
Believer's written about sermon's start and finish
Stop on strange side street (6)
Bade sisters stop inside (6)
Cease The Sun Mini 11 Mar 2025
Leave off doing (6)
Ed sits, curiously, to stop (6)
Refrain, abstain or halt
Stop Eugene Sheffer 23 Jan 2025
To stop in the parades is tempting (6)
Hitchhiker travelling in Mercedes is told to stop (6)
Man, one's put on weight. Leave off! (6)
To stop up among the planets is educational (6) Puzzler Cryptic 08 Jan 2025
Leave off! Ted and his little sister are scared!
Abstain (6) The Guardian Speedy 01 Dec 2024
To stop up among the planets is educational (6) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Nov 2024
Stop rude sister in part (6) The Guardian Quick 23 Nov 2024
Stop rude sister in part (6) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 23 Nov 2024
Stop, leave off (6)
By day break is set to stop
Stop a man first (6)
Pause Puzzler Backwords 22 Oct 2024
Stop on a winding side street (6)
Stop sibling appearing in start of Disney film The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Oct 2024
Stop when a number of sites have been demolished (6)
Cease and ___ letter
Des is first to stop (6)
Displayed in parade sister gets to stop (6)
Don't go on turning in side street (6)
Refrain, stop (6)
Restrain sides getting disorderly - start to talk (6) The Guardian Quiptic 29 Jul 2024
Restrain sides getting disorderly - start to talk (6) The Guardian Quiptic 28 Jul 2024
Stop it New York Times 14 Jul 2024
Stop doing that (6) The Guardian Quick 12 Jul 2024
To stop some of the escapades is tempting (6)
Mr O'Connor is 1st when asked to cease (6)
Cease and ___
Boy is finally about to stop (6) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Jun 2024
Stop side replacing good man
Blonde sisters stop inside (6)
One who drills clients, given direction to replace books, quit
To stop in the Andes is terrible (6)
Refrain from putting Mr. O"Connor first (6)
Have Sid set off, then stop (6)
Partner of cease Family Time 10 Mar 2024
Bonde sisters stop inside (6)
Stop, man. It's wrong (6)
Stop in this abode, sister
Stop diets spreading around school Mirror Cryptic 24 Feb 2024
Stop Mirror Quick 24 Feb 2024
How to get Ted and his little sister to leave off
Discontinue some marmalades I stocked
Cease, pause (6)
Stop enquiries outwardly in half of district (6)
Stop South Asian living abroad with holy woman
Made sister have to stop (6)
Ted and his little sister leave off (6)
Stop fixture in the middle after sides clash (6)
Cease The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2023
Stop one in some French street The Sun Two Speed 23 Nov 2023
Leave off! It's only Ted and his little sister! (6)
Pause (6) Puzzler 13 Nov 2023
Stop religious type going round bend The Guardian Cryptic 13 Oct 2023
Cease's partner Universal 21 Sep 2023
Refrain from, stop The Telegraph Quick 30 Aug 2023
Stop believer welcoming Sabbath's beginning The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Aug 2023
Stop Thomas Joseph 13 May 2023
Stop, give over Irish Times Simplex 28 Apr 2023
Cease Universal 22 Dec 2022
Stop taking sides, recklessly heading for trouble
Cease and what? Family Time 13 Nov 2022
Stop soprano getting enthralled by crazy diets The Guardian Quiptic 26 Sep 2022
Cease and __ order LA Times Daily 29 Aug 2022
Cease's partner Universal 18 Aug 2022
Stop German nurse leaving emergency room
Call a halt to chap leaving dispatches Irish Times Crosaire 15 Mar 2022
Say Indians in London, closer to West end
Call a halt to chap leaving dispatches Irish Times Crosaire 18 Jan 2022
Stop a lot leaving solid state Irish Times Crosaire 21 Dec 2021
Stop religious type commandeering society
Stop Thomas Joseph 04 Dec 2021
Stop, give over Irish Times Simplex 01 Nov 2021
Stop in scruffy side street
Cease and what? Family Time 30 May 2021
Stop in Antipodes is terrific The Telegraph Cryptic 13 May 2021
Leave off, stop The Times Concise 16 Feb 2021
Synonym and partner of "cease" Universal 12 Feb 2021
Cease's redundant partner Universal 03 Feb 2021
Besides, is the boxing to stop? The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Oct 2020
Stop Thomas Joseph 13 Oct 2020
A lot missing from solid state similar to 21 across Irish Times Crosaire 08 Oct 2020
Piece of furniture that's not finished first? Give over! Irish Times Crosaire 18 Jun 2020
Stop taking trees out of side streets Irish Times Crosaire 12 Mar 2020
Stop The Telegraph Quick 16 Feb 2020
Stop Eugene Sheffer 28 Dec 2019
Stop rude sister needing wings clipped The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Dec 2019
Cease's partner Universal 04 Dec 2019
Stop one's little boy going up on street
Leave off Wall Street Journal 20 Nov 2019
Stop in dodgy side street
Stop Des first!
Abstain Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2019
Is there no wine in West Indies? Give up! Irish Times Crosaire 06 Jun 2019
Let up New York Times 23 May 2019
Stop doing something Irish Times Simplex 06 May 2019
Give up unnatural diets involving shakes principally
Stop
Abstain
Let up
Cease LA Times Daily 18 Nov 2018
Cease The Washington Post 18 Nov 2018
Stop in dodgy side street
Stop, give over Irish Times Simplex 14 Aug 2018
Stop believer embracing saint
Stop somewhat rude sister
Tides swirling round end of bus stop
Stop believer in God overshadowing saint
Stop believer adopting son The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Mar 2018
Cease
Cease's partner Premier Sunday 31 Dec 2017
Abstain, refrain Irish Times Simplex 21 Dec 2017
Discontinue to give out digestives Irish Times Crosaire 24 Nov 2017
Stop tree being uprooted from shadowy side street
Abstain The Telegraph Quick 10 Aug 2017
Stop in a crooked side street
Stop, legally Premier Sunday 12 Mar 2017
To some extent, made sister give up
Cease's partner USA Today 27 Dec 2016
To stop in Rhodes is tempting
Partner of cease USA Today 16 Nov 2016
Call it off LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2016
Stop in cobbled side street
Stop one kind of believer embracing second The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Aug 2016
Stop relative delving inside Edwardian dresser when over The Telegraph Toughie 22 Jun 2016
Hold back from head of department on building sites Irish Times Crosaire 14 Jun 2016
Refrain from swapping sides and shirt Irish Times Crosaire 08 Jun 2016
Discontinue to mend sites without men Irish Times Crosaire 10 May 2016
Stop moral type admitting sin, initially
Stop The Guardian Speedy 06 Mar 2016
Wanting spades not no trumps, one who might propose bridge is to stop The Telegraph Toughie 06 Jan 2016
Partner of cease
Cease's partner
Call it off
Refrain delivered by Mercedes is tuneful The Times Cryptic 30 Nov 2015
Stop and oppose the Republican leader getting expelled by a Democrat
Partner of cease LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2015
Cease partner USA Today 30 Jul 2015
Abstain from Universal 21 Jul 2015
Stop rude sister?  Not entirely
Quit it New York Times 21 Jun 2015
Knock it off LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2015
Stop Irish Times Simplex 25 Apr 2015
Legal order Newsday 05 Mar 2015
Stop sibling getting enthralled by one that's stuffed up
Cease partner
Partner of cease
Quit it
Cease's partner
Abstain from
Knock it off
Legal order
Stop it
Partner of cease
Leave off
Cease and --
Refrain
Stop
Stop MI6 probing dead alien
Part in escapades is to cease
Stop side moving good man
Give it up
Give it up
Surcease
Surcease
Cease
Cut it out
Cut it out
Cut it out
Hold it
Stop
Stop
Stop
Surcease
Stop
"Avast!"
Stop
Cut it out
Cool it
Partner of cease
Partner of cease
"Avast!"
"Knock it off!"
"Knock it off!"
End
Stop it
"Cut it out!"
Cease's partner
Call it quits
Call it quits
Cease partner
Knock it off
Cease
Cut it out
Stop
Partner of cease
"Knock it off!"
"Knock it off!"
Knock it off!
Cease
Cease and___: stop
Forbear
Abstain
Cease
Proceed no more
Quit it!
Quit
Leave off
Companion of cease
Refrain.
Cease.
Cease and ___ order.
Companion of cease.
Cease's mate.
Stop.
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