The Clue
Played for time (7 letter answer)
The Answer
STALLED
Tags
Notes
The answer STALLED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Delayed
Inoperative
Sputtered, as an engine
Gained time by trickery
Not going anywhere
Definition
STALL as a verb:
1. (procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally) = postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
2. (stall, conk) = come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
3. deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
4. put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
5. experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
6. cause an airplane to go into a stall
7. cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"