The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DAWDLE
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More clues leading to the result DAWDLE
- In valley wife and daughter take their time
- Waddle half back, and don’t hurry
- Extremely wayward in valley, waste time
- Primarily, delay a while, delay, loiter endlessly?
- Potter in bundle, upset and led astray
- Move slowly in fringes of wood within valley
- With onset of downpour in valley make slow progress
- Potter, Whirlwind, in lead for a change
- Trail, extremely wild, going through valley
- Lag behind wife and daughter in valley
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The straight part
We know that "don’t hurry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case don’t hurry = dawdle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DAWDLE mean?
DAWDLE noun- A dawdler.
- A slow walk, journey.
- An easily accomplished task; a doddle.
- To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
- To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
- To move or walk lackadaisically.