Answer:

CEASEFIRE

Answer	Crossword Clue
CEASEFIRE	Suspension of hostilities
CEASEFIRE	Negotiations preceder, in some cases
CEASEFIRE	Pre-peace talks demand

CEASEFIRE	Break in the action
CEASEFIRE	Front end?
CEASEFIRE	Truce, of a kind
CEASEFIRE	Phrase in January 1973 headlines
CEASEFIRE	Military respite
CEASEFIRE	Stop the shooting
CEASEFIRE	Truce
CEASEFIRE	Quiet break

CEASEFIRE	U. N. request, twice rejected by Mao.
CEASEFIRE	Long-sought objective in Korea.
CEASEFIRE	The issue in Korea.
CEASEFIRE	U. N. achievement.
CEASEFIRE	Halt
CEASEFIRE	Engagement breaker?
CEASEFIRE	Occasion to drop one's arms
CEASEFIRE	Time-out, of sorts

CEASEFIRE	Reason to end an engagement
CEASEFIRE	Raise the white flag
CEASEFIRE	Official truce