Cryptic crossword clue
Delays – they hold things up 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHELVES

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What does SHELVES mean?

SHELVES noun
  1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
  2. The capacity of such an object
  3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
  4. A reef, shoal or sandbar.
SHELVES verb
  1. To place on a shelf.
  2. To set aside; to quit or postpone.
  3. To furnish with shelves.
  4. To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
  5. To have sex with.
  6. To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.

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