The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DITHERS
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More clues leading to the result DITHERS
- Deserted soul singer, not given intro, panics
- Is in two minds about changing musical instruments’ cover
- This red mixture does 16
- Hesitates, for the reading is set in hell
- Hesitates — daughter is crossing the river
- Faffs about, content to edit her script
- Director on Tate’s east wing, in review of Hirst, cannot decide
- Engineer hits red and hesitates
- Cora acts indecisively
- Doctor pens one article on outbreak of strange shivers
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "hesitates" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hesitates = dithers.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does DITHERS mean?
DITHERS verb- To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
- To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
- To do something nervously.
- To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns to approximate (the features of) colors not in the system palette.
- To intentionally add noise to a signal to randomize errors.