Shut down — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Shut down”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 3rd Mar 2009. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Shut down” is CEASE (5 letters).
We last saw “Shut down” in NYT Crossword on 3rd Mar 2009.
The 5-letter answer for “Shut down” is CEASE.
Other possible answers we’ve seen for “Shut down” include ENDED, QUASH.
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