The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEFER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DEFER
- Not all lemonade fermenting is put on ice
- Reschedule return of concerning American agent
- Put on ice, surrender!
- Put off having criminal freed
- Freed after treatment put back
- Flipping once more given food delay
- Yield of grass around about farm cut by 75%
- Yield, as female’s stocking does?
- Put off female wearing fawn?
- Put off, animal jumps over fence initially
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The straight part
We know that "Put off" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put off = defer.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEFER mean?
DEFER verb- To delay or postpone
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.