The clue "delays" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 20, 2018. The correct answer for this puzzle is "lags", a 4-letter word.
Solution LAGS is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution LAGS is 4 letters long. We have 0 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 17 solutions. The longest is INTERVENE with 9 letters, and the shortest is LAGS with 4 letters.
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Solutions are between 4 and 9 letters long.
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