Desist from Crossword Clue

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Desist from Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
2. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
(noun)
1. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
2. the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DESIST (verb)
1. choose not to consume

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
MERIT

More The Sun 2-Speed Crossword (6/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Hungarian who wrote La Lugubre Gondola

4. Nonsense

8. Ivy, for example

9. Slightly bitter fizzy drink

10. Cosmetic that can be roll-on

11. Old-fashioned word for yes

12. Whiffy

14. Self-evident fact

17. Make a sound like a dove

19. Someone who does what is required

22. Join

23. Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into pieces

24. A person getting onto a ship

25. Result

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Down

1. Easily understook

2. Stick used in the Alps

3. Subject to prohibition

4. Berliner, perhaps

5. Type of muscle, eg in the shoulder

6. Vex

7. Cry out

12. Yield

13. Work out what someone is saying from the movement of their mouth

15. Engage deeply

16. Hole formed by a bomb

18. Board supposed to help receive messages from the dead

20. Fraction of a pound

21. Scope of stopwatch, perhaps, raised

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