Clues for the word "DELAY"
We've had 113 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 259 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on April 22, 2026.
Definition of delay
- v. - A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
- n. - To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
- n. - To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
- n. - To allay; to temper.
- v. i. - To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Referring Clues
- Hold up
- Airport worry
- Filibuster
- What rain may cause
- Holdup
- Put off
- Drag one's heels
- Texas Representative Tom
- Result of rain at a baseball game, perhaps
- Rain's effect on a baseball game
- Postpone
- Throw off schedule
- Practice obstructionism
- Procrastinate
- Flier's concern
- Suspension
- Flight problem
- Problem at the airport
- Hitch, perhaps
- Airport annoyance
- Progress problem
- Commuter's headache
- Mass-transit problem
- Result of a jam
- Flight annoyance
- Airport announcement
- Airport schedule notice
- Postponement
- Test of patience
- Procrastination result
- Stall
- Put off for a while
- Airport woe
- Result of stalling
- Cause of a Heathrow row, possibly
- Slow down or slow up
- Commuter's annoyance
- Hesitate
- Detain
- Flier's annoyance
- Drag one's feet
- Setback
- Deferment
- Airport aggravation
- Schedule snag
- Airport headache
- Hold off on
- Table, at meetings
- Flying nuisance
- Time stealer
- Cause to be late
- Live broadcast feature, oxymoronically
- Airport bummer
- Put on hold
- Put off action
- It causes people to wait
- Hinder
- Shelve
- Slow
- Dawdle
- Procrastination
- Rain might cause this at a baseball game
- Foot pedal effect
- Echoing foot pedal
- Echoing effect
- Echoing foot pedal effect
- Stoppage
- Check the Spanish in time
- Wait for a new deal and a happy ending
- Hold up a new deal with a Yankee
- Wait while an eccentric lady captures the heart of men
- Time lost in a crooked deal with a Yankee
- What led to the late finish the lady was upset about
- Despite which, you get letters within 24 hours?
- Wait while the Spanish take time out
- Procrastinate - put off
- Put off until later
- Deferment of French poem
- Table, in meetings
- Throw off schedule, say
- Digital transmission problem
- Air traveler's headache
- Hold-up provides time to pen Spanish article
- Airport concern
- Hindrance
- Storm's impact on airports
- Wait and you'll get a bit of help in time
- Postpone the day out?
- It may be a waste of time
- Airport frustration
- Hold up a crooked deal that's nearly concluded
- Takeoff annoyance
- Obstruct Derek most of the way
- Arrest some felon in time
- Wait for a New Deal on the 4th of July
- Travel annoyance
- Hang around for a time outside the help centre
- What may feel interminable at a terminal
- Keep from being on time
- A blizzard might cause one
- Twitch stream annoyance
- Make late
- Slowing of progress
- Schedule setback
- Livestream annoyance
- During the day, the Spanish have an inactive period
- Supply chain inconvenience
- Despite which, you get letters within 24 hours?
- Part of a bad trip, maybe
- Dillydally
- Commuter's frustration
- Push back
- Waiter's annoyance
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - April 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2026
- LA Times - March 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 07, 2025
- Daily American - September 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2025
- Daily American - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 21, 2025
- LA Times - July 13, 2025
- LA Times - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - May 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2025
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