The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAG which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Hang back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAG | 85 % | 3 |
| TARRY | 7 % | 5 |
| LOITER | 4 % | 6 |
| REMAIN | 2 % | 6 |
| HESITATE | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hang back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- drop behind
- get behind
- trail
- drag
- hang about
- stick around
- hang tight
- hang on
- hang a leg
- hold on
- hang around
- hang out
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 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 REMAIN
- Stay
- Stick around
- With 4-Down, 1980 Talking Heads album
- Go no farther
- Are left
- Hang around
- More of the quip
- Sit tight
- Stay put
- Refuse to leave