The term 'Cause for Pause' is a phrase used to describe the use of punctuation marks in writing. The three crossword solutions for this term are COMMA (5 letters), Semicolon (9 letters), and CAESURA (7 letters). A COMMA is a punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence, usually to separate items in a list or to separate two independent clauses. A semicolon is a punctuation mark used to join two independent clauses in a sentence, indicating a stronger pause than a COMMA. Finally, a CAESURA is a poetic device used to create a pause in a line of poetry, usually indicated by a punctuation mark.