Put off until later
The crossword clue "Put off until later" is answered by DELAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DELAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELAY answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DELAY
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- 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
- Cause to be late - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Stall - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Postponement - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
- Ward off - AVERT, used 152 times
- Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
- Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
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