Blocking or playing for time -- nothing novel in that Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Blocking or playing for time -- nothing novel in that last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STONEWALLING.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STONEWALLING Blocking or playing for time -- nothing novel in that (12) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 30, 2018
7% STALL Play for time (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 27, 2025
6% ADO "Much ___ About Nothing" (Shakespearean play) (3)
6% DAMUP Block the flow of (5) LA Times Mini Jan 9, 2026
6% CHORD Guitarist's building block (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 8, 2026
6% PERPETUALLY For a change, play lute all the time (11) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
6% ALL __ or nothing (3) LA Times Daily Jan 6, 2026
6% FIREWALL Blocking software (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Jan 6, 2026
6% SOSO Nothing special (4) New York Times Jan 3, 2026
6% PUBLICCUBE *Toy block that anyone can play with? (10) Universal Jan 2, 2026

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