Holding off briefly, go on green traffic signal, and make to race away Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Holding off briefly, go on green traffic signal, and make to race away last seen in Times 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PUTTOFLIGHT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PUTTOFLIGHT Holding off briefly, go on green traffic signal, and make to race away (11) The Times Cryptic Sep 6, 2016
98% PUT TO FLIGHT Holding off briefly, go on green traffic signal, and make to race away (13)
6% SASHAY "___ away" ("Drag Race" kiss-off) (6) USA Today Sep 7, 2025
5% SHOO "Go away!" (4) Universal Oct 16, 2025
5% INDY "200" or "500" race, briefly (4)
5% SLING ___ your hook! Go away! (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 12, 2025
5% DYE Go green, perhaps (3) LA Times Daily Oct 9, 2025
5% BEATIT Go away (4,2) (6) Mirror Quick Oct 9, 2025
5% STRAY Go off the path (5) Newsday Oct 6, 2025
5% THRU No -- traffic (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 23, 2025

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