Delay, hoping to gain from peak hours when son's away (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
buy time
'delay' is the definition.
(buying time is a kind of delaying)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
(Another definition for buy time that I've seen is " Delay".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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