Cause to be late
The crossword clue "Cause to be late" is answered by DELAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DELAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELAY answer page.
Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- OVERKEEP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DELAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DELAY, most used first.
- Hold up - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Postpone - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Holdup - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Put off - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Procrastinate - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Airport annoyance - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Stall - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Postponement - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Put off until later - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Late bloomer - ASTER, used 69 times
- Late - TARDY, used 54 times
- Lost cause - GONER, used 45 times
- Cause to chuckle - AMUSE, used 43 times
- Late-blooming flower - ASTER, used 31 times
- "___ Without a Cause" - REBEL, used 24 times
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