Desist Crossword Clue

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STOP

(4 letters)

ABSTAIN

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. put an end to a state or an activity
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
(noun)
1. (`cease’ is a noun only in the phrase `without cease’) end

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DESIST (verb)
1. choose not to consume

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

STOP
(4 letters)
ABSTAIN
(7 letters)

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (7/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. Baking amt.

4. Eatery serving oyster shooters

10. Ruffle

14. Not just my

15. Stick like a sticker

16. Not fooled by

17. Office held by Emmanuel Macron

19. Manual reader

20. Beg

21. Proboscis monkey's pride

22. Something on the line?

23. Harmonize

24. Bio or chem

25. Library lineup

27. New starts

30. Block in Fort Knox

31. Circle : 2D :: ___ : 3D

34. Person with a helmet, hopefully

36. Inquiry

37. Symbol of France represented by the ends of three Down answers in this puzzle

38. Native Nebraskan

42. Illegal screen, for instance

43. Princess's problem

44. HD video format

46. Bump from behind

49. Striped gemstone

50. See 33-Down

52. Imitated

54. Every last bit

55. Previously

57. Small amount

58. Victorian ___

61. Spanish relative hidden in "Ain't I a Woman?"

62. July 14 celebration

65. Is in the past?

66. Male athlete's boast

67. Savory fruit with a pit

68. YouTube interruptions

70. Pinot noir and pinot grigio, for two

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Down

1. Trading card brand

2. Like many teens

3. Groom like a bird

4. Group event in World of Warcraft

5. Find a sum

6. From where

7. "Knives Out" sleuth with a Southern drawl

8. Surprised eyebrows' shapes

9. Spanish kings

10. 2001 movie musical featuring a cabaret

11. Like a hero who isn't praised

12. Not mono, perhaps

13. Most achy

18. Exclamation in 19th-century Paris

24. NNW’s opposite

26. Math class treat on March 14

28. Before, in poetry

29. Cheap Thrills singer

31. UV-blocking letters

32. Whiz

33. With 50-Across, body shape that narrows in the middle

35. Cold War org.

37. Payment

39. Swapped for a new model, maybe

40. Granola grain

41. A blue whale's is the size of a grapefruit

43. ___ ritual (superstitious sports routine)

45. Eschewed the spotlight, informally

47. Oman's official language

48. Finish a sentence?

50. Mufti's decree

51. Epic poem that describes Achilles' rage

53. Friend

56. Workers' protection org.

59. Party with glow sticks

60. Votes of approval

63. "___ but a scratch!"

64. Youngest Manning brother

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