The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEFER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Put on hold crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFER | 32 % | 5 |
| SHELVE | 26 % | 6 |
| TABLE | 21 % | 5 |
| ICE | 5 % | 3 |
| LAYASIDE | 5 % | 8 |
| DELAY | 5 % | 5 |
| SHELVED | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put on hold
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- postpone
- defer
- suspend
- push back
- sic
- push off
- abeyance
- deferment
- put off
- postponement
- deferral
- deferring
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFER verb- To delay or postpone
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
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 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 SHELVE
- Postpone
- Put aside
- Put away for a while
- Put away, in a way
- Put aside, for a while
- Help the librarian
- Do a librarian's chore
- Put on hold
- Put on the back burner
- Do a librarian's task
More clues leading to the result TABLE
- Defer
- Postpone
- Put aside for later
- Take up later
- Put aside
- "___ for two?" (maître d's question)
- Changing ___
- Chart with columns
- Arrangement of stats
- List with columns
More clues leading to the result ICE
- Chill
- Dry __ (solid Carbon dioxide)
- Gerald Browne's "Green ___"
- Hockey field
- Rink surface
- Ross __ Shelf
- Winter sculpture material
- Bar request
- Bruin's milieu
- Diamonds, to jewel thieves
More clues leading to the result LAYASIDE
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem