| CALLWAITING | Feature of phone to be delayed, interrupting profession |
| CELLULAR | Sort of phone to use in jail? (8) |
| BILATERAL | Delayed interrupting Blair group with the support of both parties (9) |
| APPROVING | Favourable feature of phone: roaming |
| KEYBOARD | Characterful feature of phone (8) |
| ONTHE | Carrying anonymous phone to be dealt with later (2,3,4,6) |
| BACKBURNER | Carrying anonymous phone to be dealt with later (2,3,4,6) |
| CALLEDTOORDER | What the buyer did on the phone to be reproached by the chairman? (6,2,5) |
| AGENT | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |
| WEIGHT | To be delayed speaking gives a sense of oppression |
| DEFER | Cause to be delayed until a future time (5) |
| COLLATE | Arrange for learner to be delayed by company (7) |
| TIME | Old group dressed in green to be delayed (4,4) |
| LOSE | Old group dressed in green to be delayed (4,4) |
| STORMBOUND | Attack sure to be delayed by bad weather (10) |
| WAIT | To be delayed (4) |
| KUWAIT | Be delayed after setback of one country or another (6) |
| PLAYEDFORTIME | Could be delayed by drama writer coming to agreement at interval (6,3,4) |
| ALACARTE | Absent - could be delayed over transport that was priced individually to order (1,2,5) |
| SNOWWHITE | Disney announced last week that this classic's remake will be delayed until 2025, citing the actors strike; fans had also objected to star Rachel Zegler's disparaging comments about the 1937 original |
