The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABIDE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ABIDE
- Stay in Lincoln with concealed identity
- Proof of who you are needed in Lincoln to stay
- Stick offer in as expected, initially
- Assistant needed to catch black bear
- Endure being tender in A&E
- Tolerate a US president dispatching the last
- Put up with being tender in hospital department
- Tolerate a president pinching bottom
- Accept offer to go into A&E
- Capulets’ second newlywed leaving Romeo in lodge
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The straight part
We know that "Wait for" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wait for = abide.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.
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What does ABIDE mean?
ABIDE verb- To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
- To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
- To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
- To wait in expectation.
- To pause; to delay.
- To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
- To endure; to remain; to last.
- To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.