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Stop sign, for one Crossword Clue

Last seen in: The New Yorker · 2026-10-21

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(noun)

  1. an eight-sided polygon

(noun)

  1. a brief stay in the course of a journey
  2. the act of stopping something
  3. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  4. a restraint that checks the motion of something
  5. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  6. (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
  7. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
  8. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  9. the event of something ending
  10. a spot where something halts or pauses
  11. the state of inactivity following an interruption

(verb)

  1. prevent completion
  2. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
  3. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
  4. seize on its way
  5. render unsuitable for passage
  6. cause to stop
  7. come to a halt, stop moving
  8. interrupt a trip
  9. stop from happening or developing
  10. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  11. put an end to a state or an activity

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  • 99% match 7 letters
    OCTAGON

    Stop sign, for one (7)

    The New Yorker · Oct 21, 2026

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