Stop the sides playing before time (6) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DESIST Stop the sides playing before time (6) (6)
8% IMLATE "No time to stop and chitchat!" (6) USA Today Oct 19, 2025
8% OCTET The sides of a stop sign, for one (5) Universal Sep 8, 2025
7% ERE Before, before (3) LA Times Daily Oct 22, 2025
7% PRIOR ___ to (before) (5)
7% FORMERLY Type playing lyre in times gone by (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 21, 2025
7% TEAM Side (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 15, 2025
7% RAGTIME This setter's to stop playing great syncopated music (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
7% YAWS Twists side-to-side (4) New York Times Oct 5, 2025
7% AGO Before (3) New York Times Oct 5, 2025
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