Crossword answer
DEFER
5 letters · Used for 22 different clues · 185 appearances · Last seen Evening Standard, October 5, 2026
Letter pattern
DEFER
Clues that lead to DEFER
Most recent firstClueLettersPuzzleLast seen
Put off5Evening StandardOct 5, 2026
Postpone5Evening StandardSep 30, 2026
Put off until later5Crosswords With FriendsSep 14, 2026
Put off upsetting Fred about an early start5Evening StandardJul 18, 2026
Hold off5Wall Street JournalJun 3, 2026
Put off (5)5The SunMay 21, 2026
Some conclude ferrets procrastinate (5)5The SunMay 21, 2026
Delay for a while5NewsdayMay 19, 2026
Postpone being freed, possibly5Evening StandardMar 9, 2026
Delay5NYT MidiMar 4, 2026
Submit to another's opinion5Puzzle PageJan 31, 2026
Fed up with hesitation, postpone action5Evening StandardJun 30, 2025
Postpone being injudiciously freed5Evening StandardOct 1, 2024
Submit5Evening StandardMay 28, 2024
Put off, being fed up to the bitter end5Evening StandardMay 1, 2024
Postpone being freed, perhaps5Evening StandardMar 14, 2024
Put off upsetting 55Evening StandardOct 24, 2023
Postpone or hold off, as a payment (anagram of "freed")5Daily ThemedAug 13, 2023
Show respect, albeit fed up, to the bitter end5Evening StandardNov 14, 2022
Put off being freed, perhaps5Evening StandardMar 8, 2022
Put off being unwisely freed5Evening StandardJan 10, 2022
Postpone or delay5Daily ThemedJul 1, 2021
About DEFER in crosswords
DEFER is a 5-letter answer that has appeared 185 times in our database across 22 different clues. It was most recently the answer to “Put off” in the Evening Standard crossword on October 5, 2026.
Other 5-letter answers
NITROStuff in smokeless gunpowder
EMAILAlternative to a Slack message
UNCLEDad’s brother
EPCOTWalt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city
APORTLeft at sea
HASNT"The store ___ opened yet"
STREWDistribute carelessly, it's true
THAIS1894 opera by Jules Massenet best known for the entr'acte for violin and orchestra Méditation
FEASTBanquet
LATINIn which the Romans had been lying about starting trouble
IMSET"No more for me, thanks"
MOVIEHome – or horror? (5)
NONETGroup of nine
WASPSWinged workers
Every appearance of DEFER (185)
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Oct 5, 2026
Put off · Evening Standard · 2 Down
Sep 30, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
Sep 14, 2026
Put off until later · Crosswords With Friends · 28
Sep 11, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
Aug 28, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 14 Across
Aug 23, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Aug 17, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 22 Down
Aug 12, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Down
Aug 10, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 12 Across
Jul 28, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 39 Across
Jul 23, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Jul 22, 2026
Postpone · Daily Express · 19 Across
Jul 18, 2026
Put off upsetting Fred about an early start · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Jun 21, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Jun 15, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jun 3, 2026
Hold off · Wall Street Journal · 1 Across
Jun 2, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
May 21, 2026
Put off (5) · The Sun · 9 Across
May 21, 2026
Some conclude ferrets procrastinate (5) · The Sun · 9 Across
May 19, 2026
Delay for a while · Newsday · Down
May 16, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 1 Down
May 12, 2026
Postpone · LA Times · Down
May 9, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Apr 22, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Apr 13, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Apr 1, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Mar 31, 2026
Postpone · Daily Express · 14 Across
Mar 29, 2026
Postpone · The Independent · 3 Down
Mar 9, 2026
Postpone being freed, possibly · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Mar 9, 2026
Delay for a while · Newsday · Down
Mar 4, 2026
Delay · NYT Midi · 4 Across
Feb 10, 2026
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 5 Down
Feb 6, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Feb 4, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Across
Jan 31, 2026
Submit to another's opinion · Puzzle Page · 10 Across
Jan 19, 2026
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Jan 17, 2026
Postpone · The Independent · 15 Down
Nov 10, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 35 Across
Oct 16, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 14 Down
Oct 7, 2025
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 21 Across
Sep 23, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Sep 5, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 29 Down
Aug 31, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Aug 20, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 42 Across
Aug 5, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Jul 26, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 30 Across
Jul 23, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Across
Jul 15, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 8 Across
Jun 30, 2025
Fed up with hesitation, postpone action · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Jun 5, 2025
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 41 Across
May 12, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 12 Down
Apr 25, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Apr 16, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Mar 26, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 17 Down
Jan 10, 2025
Postpone · Evening Standard · 32 Down
Dec 9, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Across
Nov 5, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 29 Down
Oct 22, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Oct 9, 2024
Postpone · The Independent · 15 Down
Oct 1, 2024
Postpone being injudiciously freed · Evening Standard · 16 Across
Sep 2, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
May 29, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 4 Across
May 28, 2024
Submit · Evening Standard · 15 Down
May 6, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Down
May 1, 2024
Put off, being fed up to the bitter end · Evening Standard · 28 Down
Apr 16, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Apr 12, 2024
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Mar 14, 2024
Postpone being freed, perhaps · Evening Standard · 25 Down
Jan 5, 2024
Delay · Evening Standard · 8 Across
Dec 11, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 12 Down
Nov 28, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 6 Down
Nov 22, 2023
Delay · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Oct 25, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Oct 24, 2023
Put off upsetting 5 · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Oct 11, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Down
Sep 20, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
Sep 5, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Aug 30, 2023
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 42 Down
Aug 13, 2023
Postpone or hold off, as a payment (anagram of "freed") · Daily Themed · 3 Down
Aug 11, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Aug 3, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jun 29, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
Jun 8, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
May 17, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 32 Down
May 12, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Apr 28, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Apr 19, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Apr 5, 2023
Submit · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Mar 20, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Across
Mar 13, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 8 Across
Feb 21, 2023
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Dec 21, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Dec 7, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Down
Dec 1, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Nov 22, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Nov 14, 2022
Show respect, albeit fed up, to the bitter end · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Sep 19, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 12 Across
Sep 9, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Sep 2, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Aug 24, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Across
Aug 11, 2022
Postpone being freed, perhaps · Evening Standard · 12 Down
Aug 11, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Aug 5, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Jul 11, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
May 17, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 5 Down
May 6, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 30 Across
Apr 20, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 20 Across
Apr 13, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Down
Mar 16, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 39 Across
Mar 10, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 32 Down
Mar 8, 2022
Put off being freed, perhaps · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Mar 3, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 28 Across
Feb 24, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Feb 7, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Down
Jan 31, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Jan 27, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Jan 11, 2022
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Jan 10, 2022
Put off being unwisely freed · Evening Standard · 28 Down
Dec 27, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 39 Across
Dec 21, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Dec 6, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Nov 29, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 13 Across
Oct 22, 2021
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 38 Down
Oct 8, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Sep 15, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Sep 7, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 41 Across
Aug 13, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Jul 30, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Jul 13, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 12 Across
Jul 1, 2021
Postpone or delay · Daily Themed · 17 Across
Jun 30, 2021
Put off · Evening Standard · 2 Down
Jun 23, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
Jun 8, 2021
Put off upsetting Fred about an early start · Evening Standard · 16 Down
May 27, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 37 Across
May 7, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 14 Across
Apr 30, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Apr 22, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 22 Down
Apr 15, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Down
Mar 25, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 39 Across
Mar 18, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Feb 2, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Jan 25, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jan 6, 2021
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Dec 29, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Dec 14, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 1 Down
Dec 3, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 21 Across
Nov 24, 2020
Postpone being freed, possibly · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Nov 10, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Oct 28, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Oct 6, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Across
Sep 1, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Jul 28, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Apr 22, 2020
Postpone · Eugene Sheffer · 8 Down
Apr 16, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 35 Across
Mar 12, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 14 Down
Feb 20, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jan 15, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 29 Down
Jan 9, 2020
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Dec 24, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 42 Across
Dec 10, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Oct 24, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 35 Across
Oct 15, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Oct 14, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Oct 11, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Jul 16, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Jul 2, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jun 12, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Across
May 6, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Across
Apr 22, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 8 Across
Apr 9, 2019
Fed up with hesitation, postpone action · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Feb 8, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Jan 30, 2019
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Across
Dec 10, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 17 Down
Nov 7, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 32 Down
Sep 12, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 29 Down
Aug 29, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 19 Across
Jul 11, 2018
Postpone being injudiciously freed · Evening Standard · 16 Across
May 29, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Apr 16, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 4 Across
Apr 13, 2018
Submit · Evening Standard · 15 Down
Mar 16, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 40 Across
Feb 26, 2018
Put off, being fed up to the bitter end · Evening Standard · 28 Down
Feb 21, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 26 Down
Feb 1, 2018
Postpone · Evening Standard · 31 Down
Jan 9, 2018
Postpone being freed, perhaps · Evening Standard · 25 Down