Tiresome person primarily out to play for time Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tiresome person primarily out to play for time 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TEMPORISE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TEMPORISE Tiresome person primarily out to play for time (9) The Times Cryptic Feb 9, 2022
3% STALL Play for time (5) (5) Mirror Classic Nov 6, 2025
3% DRAG Tiresome thing (4) (4) The Sun Mini Nov 5, 2025
3% LOOSECANNON Playing on console, an unpredictable person (11) The Times Cryptic Nov 3, 2025
3% REST Take a time out (4) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
3% TAYLORS Time's Person of the Year in 2023 (7) LA Times Daily Oct 10, 2025
3% BORE Tiresome speaker (4) Newsday Sep 22, 2025
3% STREETTHEATRE Plays out (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 9, 2025
3% CORNY Trite and tiresome (5) Newsday Aug 22, 2025
2% TOYED Played (with) (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 3, 2025

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