The Clue
No longer in effect (6 letter answer)
The Answer
LAPSED
Tags
Notes
The answer LAPSED is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Backslid
Expired
Stopped
Subsided
Became void
Ended, as a subscription
Fell from grace
Ran out
Subsided gradually
Fell into disuse
Fell into folly
Like an unpaid policy
No longer practicing
Fell off the wagon, say
Definition
LAPSE as a verb:
1. (sink, pass, lapse) = pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
2. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
3. (lapse, backslide) = drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
4. (relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back) = go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
5. let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
6. (elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along) = pass by; "three years elapsed"
LAPSED as an adjective:
1. (lapsed, nonchurchgoing) = no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic"