Crossword clues for ___ to break it to you, but ... 5 letters:BREAKStop workingBREAKDisperse from a huddleBREAKBit of luckBREAKReveal, as newsBREAKShatterBREAKRest periodBREAKDo better than, as a scoreBREAKStart a snooker gameBREAKWith 57-Down, part of a morning routineBREAKEscape, with "out"BREAKGo to pieces?BREAKWork stoppage?BREAKCome apartBREAKPeriod between sessionsBREAKOpening shot in billiardsBREAKTake tenBREAKScattershot in a game room?BREAKWord that can follow the last word of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 27-DownBREAKIntermission, for exampleBREAKWith 48-Down, it follows Yom KippurBREAKStart of a billiards gameBREAKStart a billiards matchBREAKDisclose, as news.BREAKWhat curve balls do.BREAKShout from those huddled togetherBREAKRespiteBREAKTV interval.BREAKStart a game of poolBREAKHiatus.BREAKHuddle enderBREAKOpening action on a 58-AcrossBREAKShort vacationBREAKStop for an intermissionBREAKWith 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the shaded squares literally do in the answers to the starred cluesBREAKCoffee ___BREAKWord missing from 17, 23, 44, 56 AcrossBREAKStroke of luckBREAKEightball starterBREAKChance piece of luck: Slang.BREAKCrack.BREAKJazz solo cadenzaBREAKIntermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-AcrossBREAKSnap, crack or pop, maybeBREAKStart a billiards gameBREAKIt's bad to the boneBREAKTake five, sayBREAKRequire fixingBREAKRespite from workBREAKGo all to piecesBREAKHead-clearing span, perhaps
