Retiring golfer leading Open prepared to thoughtfully postpone (5,2) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SLEEPON Retiring golfer leading Open prepared to thoughtfully postpone (5,2) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 28, 2024
5% DELAYED Postponed (7) The Times Concise Jan 13, 2026
5% DELAY Postpone (5) (5) Mirror Quick Dec 31, 2025
5% SHELVE Postpone (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 9, 2025
5% DEFER Postpone (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 7, 2025
4% PAR Golfer's benchmark (3) Universal Jan 13, 2026
4% PLAN Prepare (for) (4) Newsday Jan 12, 2026
4% ELS Golfer Ernie (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 12, 2026
4% TIMID Retiring (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 10, 2026
4% OVERT In the open (5) New York Times Mini Jan 4, 2026

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