Crossword-Solution: DELAYS 6 letters, 44 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Delays pl. of Delay

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DELAYS anagram DALEYS, SLAYED

We have 44 clues for the answer “DELAYS”

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Airport annoyances 1 answer
Piddles around 1 answer
Pearson Airport tie-ups 1 answer
Makes later 1 answer
Laxness at LAX, maybe 1 answer
Itinerary ruiners 1 answer
Result of traffic jams. 1 answer
Results of rain, at times 1 answer
Fliers' frustrations 1 answer
Airport woes, as due to bad weather 1 answer
Airport woes 1 answer
Airport snags 1 answer
Airport notices 1 answer
Airport holdups 1 answer
"Expect ___" (road sign) 1 answer
Rush hour annoyances 1 answer
Rush-hour banes 1 answer
Schedule setbacks 1 answer
Some guitar effects 1 answer
Tests of patience 1 answer
Postponements or holdups 1 answer
Timetable troubles 1 answer
Setbacks causing things to run late 1 answer
Travel nuisances 1 answer
Traveler's hassles 1 answer
Travelers' headaches 1 answer
Woes for travelers 1 answer
Airport hassles 2 answers
Hold-ups 3 answers
Procrastinates. 3 answers
Postponements 3 answers
Airport announcement 6 answers
Holds off 8 answers
Postpones 8 answers
Stalls 8 answers
Tarries. 8 answers
Snags 9 answers
AGREED POSTPONEMENTS 10 answers
Impedes 10 answers
Retards 10 answers
CHARACTERIZED BY CATATONIA ESPECIALLY EITHER RIGIDITY OR EXTREME LAXNESS OF LIMBS 11 answers
Puts off 11 answers
Slows (down) 14 answers
Holds up 19 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with DELAYS (5)

When {netlag} gets really bad, and delays between servers exceed a certain threshhold, the {IRC} network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
These details and accompanying delays worked up an atmosphere of preparation that was as impressive as it was fascinating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
Many of the tower crew had been at their stations for 2 hours past their normal quitting time due to street traffic delays and highway pileups that had kept shift replacements from arriving on time.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993
God assoilize him of the sin of bloodshed!—it is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds.” “Rebecca,” said Ivanhoe, “thou hast painted a hero; surely they rest but to refresh their force, or to provide the means of crossing the moat—Under such a leader as thou hast spoken this knight to be, there are no craven fears, no cold-blooded delays, no yielding up a gallant emprize; since the difficulties which render it arduous render it also glorious.
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1993
The coalition hopes to lower marginal income taxes while maintaining overall tax revenues; boost industrial competitiveness through labor market and tax reforms and increased research and development funds; and improve welfare services for the neediest while cutting paperwork and delays.
The 1993 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993

Quotes with DELAYS (3)

Never let the occasional delays in your life dampen your dreams
Bernard Kelvin Clive
I think that life would suddenly seem wonderful to us if we were threatened to die as you say. Just think of how many projects, travels, love affairs, studies, it — our life — hides from us, made invisible by our laziness which, certain of a future, delays them incessantly.‘But let all this threaten to become impossible for ever, how beautiful it would become again! Ah! If only the cataclysm doesn’t happen this time, we won’t miss visiting the new galleries of the Louvre, thr…
Marcel Proust
Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure The building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the "next step", and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired.
S.A.R.K. Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Onion, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 47 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).