Delaying Tactic To Obstruct Legislation Crossword Clue

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	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	48%	11		Tactic often used to delay or obstruct legislation
	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	44%	5		Delaying tactic
	noun • a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed • small area set off by walls for special use • a booth where articles are displayed for sale • a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge • seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater • small individual study area in a library • a tactic used to mislead or delay verb • postpone doing what one should be doing • come to a stop • deliberately delay an event or action • put into, or keep in, a stall • experience a stall in flight, of airplanes • cause an airplane to go into a stall • cause an engine to stop

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	Clue	Source
1	Delaying response to "Is it time?" New York Times - 10 Jun 2018	New York Times / 10 Jun 2018
2	Delaying tactic New York Times - 10 Dec 1992	New York Times / 10 Dec 1992
3	Didn't get a leg up, so employed delaying tactics The Guardian Cryptic - 23 Nov 2006	The Guardian Cryptic / 23 Nov 2006
4	Engage in delaying tactics — General Jackson? The Guardian Quick - 28 Dec 2013	The Guardian Quick / 28 Dec 2013
5	Tactic often used to delay or obstruct legislation
6	Used delaying tactics to obstruct a legislative process
7	Young horse, say, with horse-breaker to produce delaying action The Guardian Cryptic - 18 Aug 2010	The Guardian Cryptic / 18 Aug 2010

Dilatory tactic
Capitol Hill talkathon
Delay legislation
Legislative tactic
Capitol Hill ploy
Intransigent senator's tactic
Horse-breaker, so to speak, delays proceedings

Block the passage, so to speak
Waste time by making long speeches
Speak at length to obstruct parliamentary proceedings
Loud and burliest one, possibly, to speak at length against the law
Young horse, say, with horse-breaker to produce delaying action
One with reserve retiring amid strain, delaying procedure
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunk

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