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The answer to 8D -- Move slowly (5), D?L?Y -- could be DILLY, DALLY or DELAY. Which do you feel is the right answer?
Many thanks.

I'd opt for Dally- I don't think the other two fit the 'move slowly' meaning.

Many thanks for your rapid help.

My old man said "Foller the van,
And don't dilly dally on the way".
Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it,
I followed on wiv me old cock linnet.
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied
Lost me way and don't know where to roam.
Well you can't trust a special like the old time coppers.
When you can't find your way 'ome.

Thanks for that, ChrisE. I too thought of the song - but the definitions (for 'dilly') in Chambers don't include lingering, loitering etc. It's got 'dilly-dally', to loiter or trifle. 'Dally' on its own is defined, so I opted for that!

With due deference to Marie Lloyd, I think DILLY is a non-starter. However, OED gives 'to loiter; to tarry; to be tardy in one's progress' for DELAY and 'to loiter; to delay' for DALLY, so I think you can take your pick between those two. I suspect that the setter intended the answer to be DALLY, as there are several better alternative clues for DELAY which suggest postponement or obstruction, eg 'put off'. 'set back'.

The Alaskan Senate has outlawed the use of the words 'dilly dally.' They were informed by an old Eskimo man that in the Eskimo language 'dilly dally' means I am looking for a sultry reindeer.

I nu it would be something like that...

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