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Dilly Dally Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DAWDLE which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• waste time

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

98%13Exact Match!
verb

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• postpone or delay needlessly

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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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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Quick26 Aug 2023 Across 18
Telegraph Quick15 Feb 2023 Across 17
New York Times26 Aug 2015 Down 9
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