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Accommodating or not accommodating the questioner (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stalling

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'accommodating' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being present participle verbs.
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(Another definition for stalling that I've seen is " Deliberately delaying an event or action".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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