The term 'short stop' can refer to a variety of things, including a baseball position, a type of punctuation mark, and a type of rest area. The crossword solutions for this term are COMMA (5 letters), PAUSE (5 letters), ETC (3 letters), STA (3 letters), STN (3 letters), TRAINSTATION (11 letters), and HIGHWAYRESTAREA (15 letters). The solutions COMMA and PAUSE refer to the punctuation marks, which are used to create pauses in written language. ETC is an abbreviation for 'etcetera, ' which is used to indicate that there are more items in a list than what is stated. STA and STN are abbreviations for 'STATION, ' which can refer to a train STATION or a highway rest area. Finally, TRAINSTATION and HIGHWAYRESTAREA refer to the two types of rest areas.