| 20 answers for: Promises to pay, they say, for delays (6) |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| CHECKS | Promises to pay, they say, for delays (6) |
| DIODE | Diana had failed to pay, they say, for a current device (5) |
| ACCOST | "Front her, board her, woo her, assail her" - there's something to pay, they say (6) |
| VERIZON | Telecom company criticized by US Transportation Secretary for delays under a multi-billion dollar contract with the FAA. (7) |
| CRIME | It doesn't pay, they say |
| ARDOUR | Passion's more difficult, they say, for East Enders (6) |
| PRAISE | Pleads, they say, for applause (6) |
| REMORA | A suckerfish whose name, from Latin for "delay, hindrance", alludes to its supposed habit of slowing ships (6) |
| OLDIES | I'd turn up in "Spanish Eyes", they say, for "These You Have Loved" (6) |
| WONTON | Possible part of a Chinese request for delay that's rebuffed (3,3) |
| ADVERTISE | These days it shows up in poetry - to do it pays, they say (9) |
| VET | You pay, they spay! (3) |
| SLAUGHTER | Heading for slammer, best medicine they say for killing |
| TROT | It's an easy gate, they say, for a horse to take |
| SUIT | Be fit, they say, for your heart for example (4) |
| TIMEWASTER | Waiters met rotten person responsible for delay (4-6) |
| EYEBROWS | I window-shop, they say, for strips of hair (8) |
| CHEROOT | Revolutionary way, they say, for smoke (7) |
| GROUPIE | Good money, they say, for one following the stars (7) |
| QUEUE | Indication, they say, for American line (5) |
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