Delay on purpose
The crossword clue "Delay on purpose" is answered by STALL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STALL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STALL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STALL
Every other clue in this collection answered by STALL, most used first.
- Play for time - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Drag one's feet - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Buy time - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Booth - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
- Barn section - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Flea market unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Buy some time - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Conk out - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Delay - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Procrastinate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Stable compartment - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Stable section - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Stop running - used 6 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.
- Find a new purpose for - REUSE, used 32 times
- Serving a purpose - UTILE, used 31 times
- For a specific purpose - ADHOC, used 27 times
- Lose on purpose - THROW, used 26 times
- Lost on purpose - THREW, used 22 times
- Serve the purpose - AVAIL, used 21 times
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