Put on the back burner
The crossword clue "Put on the back burner" is answered by DEFER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DEFER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEFER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEFER
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEFER, most used first.
- Postpone - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Put off - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- Table - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Put on hold - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Put off until later - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Yield - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Hold off - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Reschedule for later - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Postpone an action - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Put off till later - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Schedule for later - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Shelve - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
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