Come to an end (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">come to an end</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(lapsing is a kind of coming to an end)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lapse that I've seen before include "Brief failure (of concentration)" , "Cease to be valid" , "Slip, error" , "Slip; sounds like circuits" , "Decline into an inferior state" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">come to an end</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to cease is to stop)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cease that I've seen before include "Discontinue" , "Desist" , "Culminate" , "Stop, terminate" , "Come to an end" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">come to an end</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for finish that I've seen before include "Patina" , "completion" , "Conclude, wind up" , "train socially" , "Cease, conclude" .)
(Other definitions for ceases that I've seen before include "stops working" , "Comes to an end" , "Stops or discontinues" , "Finishes" , "Discontinues, ends" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">come to an end</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for expire that I've seen before include "Die or lapse" , "Die, give out" , "Perish" , "Lose validity" , "Run out (of time?)" .)
(Other definitions for perish that I've seen before include "Die; decay" , "Waste away" , "Die - rot" , "come to grief" , "Pass away" .)