The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAG , but the solution may also be HOLDUP which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Universal uClick).
Delay crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAG | 28 % | 3 |
| RETARD | 14 % | 6 |
| WAIT | 7 % | 4 |
| TIMELAG | 7 % | 7 |
| HOLDUP | 6 % | 6 |
| PUTOFF | 6 % | 6 |
| STAY | 5 % | 4 |
| SLOWUP | 5 % | 6 |
| STALL | 3 % | 5 |
| RESPITE | 2 % | 7 |
| LATEN | 2 % | 5 |
| HANGFIRE | 2 % | 8 |
| SETBACK | 1 % | 7 |
| IMPEDE | 1 % | 6 |
| HOLD | 1 % | 4 |
| OFFPUT | 1 % | 6 |
| DEFER | 1 % | 5 |
| BELATE | 1 % | 6 |
| SLOW | 1 % | 4 |
| TARRY | 1 % | 5 |
| LOITER | 1 % | 6 |
| HINDER | 1 % | 6 |
| LINGER | 1 % | 6 |
| TABLE | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Delay
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- postponement
- wait
- hold up
- time lag
- detain
- stay
- hold
- detention
- holdup
- dilatory
- procrastinate
- postponed
Crossword Answer definitions
LAG noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
- Late
- Last; long-delayed.
- Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LAG
- Dawdle
- Dilly dally
- Fall behind
- Act the snail
- Eightball start
- Fail to keep up
- Fall behind a GAL?
- Dilly-dally
- Problem for a gamer with slow wifi
- Word after jet or time
More clues leading to the result RETARD
- Slow down
- Make slower
- Slow
- Put the brakes on
- Slow up
- Delay progress
- Throttle down
- Impede
- Impede, as progress
- Hinder
More clues leading to the result WAIT
- Get in line, perhaps
- Links annoyance
- Street crossing signal
- "Back off!"
- "Hold on!"
- Stand in line
- Hold tight
- Stand by
- "Don't go so fast!"
- "Don't move!"
More clues leading to the result TIMELAG
- Delay
- Interval between lightning and thunder, say
- Chemist's observation
- Period between stimulus and response
- Period between related events
- Temporal delay
- Temporal interval
- Pause
- Interval between related events
- Lightning-to-thunder interval, e.g.
More clues leading to the result HOLDUP
- Armed robbery
- Bank job
- Delay
- Support.
- Endure.
- Felony champion
- Teller's trauma
- Rob, as a stage
- "Now wait just one second!"
- Support ... or impede
More clues leading to the result PUTOFF
More clues leading to the result STAY
- Canine command
- Corset support
- Command to Fido
- Hang in
- Remain
- Corset feature
- Don't budge
- Order to Fido
- Stick around
- "Wait, I don't want to be alone here!"
More clues leading to the result SLOWUP
- Decelerate
- Reduce speed
- Delay
- Put on the brakes
- Put on the brake.
- Delay.
- Step on the brakes.
- Impede the progress of
- Lose speed
More clues leading to the result STALL
- Conk out
- Flea-market division
- Park place?
- Play for time
- Bathroom unit
- Merchandise booth
- Engine problem
- Bazaar booth
- Booth
- Buy time
More clues leading to the result RESPITE
- Break
- Breathing spell
- Breathing space
- Reprieve
- Time off
- Relief
- Time to catch one's breath
- Refreshing break
- Time-out
- Breather
More clues leading to the result LATEN
- Delay
- Fall behind schedule
- Approach closing time
- Get on towards midnight
- Approach midnight
- Pass, as time
- Get dark
- Get darker, perhaps
- Grow dark
- Grow darker
More clues leading to the result HANGFIRE
More clues leading to the result SETBACK
- Reverse
- Football player studying theater design?
- It may be temporary
- Relapse
- Reversal
- Reversal of fortune
- Architectual detail
- Hitch
- This bankruptcy was to Sir Walter Scott.
- Skyscraper must.
More clues leading to the result IMPEDE
- Slow down
- Get in the way
- Slow the progress of
- Delay
- Hinder
- Obstruct
- Block
- Get in the way of
- Hold back
- Interfere with
More clues leading to the result HOLD
- Countdown delay
- Stick fast
- Impose restraints on
- Phone button
- Confine
- Cargo compartment
- Telephone limbo
- Where cargo rides
- Ship's cargo area
- Nelson, for example
More clues leading to the result OFFPUT
More clues leading to the result DEFER
- Put off
- Hold off
- Yield to another's wishes
- Postpone, as an action
- Put off till later
- Bow, in a way
- Postpone
- Table
- Wait for a better time
- Submit to authority
More clues leading to the result BELATE
- Run behind schedule
- Delay, old style
- Arrive fashionably, in some circles
- Miss the beginning
- Benight.
- Delay.
- Miss the boat
- Miss the deadline
- Miss the start
- Arrive past due
More clues leading to the result SLOW
- Street sign
- Highway warning
- Like molasses
- Snail-like
- __-pitch softball
- Not so fast
- Musically retarded
- Be cautious rounding a corner
- Not busy
- A bit thick
More clues leading to the result TARRY
- Hang around
- Loiter
- Remain
- Stall for time, perhaps
- Linger
- Stick around awhile
- Be in no rush
- Linger too long
- Lollygag
- Procrastinate
More clues leading to the result LOITER
- Hang around
- Kill time in public
- Lollygag
- Dillydally
- Don't make oneself useful
- Kill time
- Remain without a reason
- Hang out
- Hang, so to speak
- Mill around
More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Get in the way of
- Thwart
- Slow down
- Obstruct
- Encumber
- Try to prevent, as an investigation
- Impede
- Block
- Be an obstacle to
- Stymie
More clues leading to the result LINGER
- Cranberries hit tune
- Hang around
- Stay awhile
- Delay one's departure
- Stick around
- Stay awhile
- Stay a while
- Extend one's stay
- Hang
- Don't go off