Crossword Genius

Fly the old in or postpone it until later (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hold over

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'postpone it until later' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'fly the old in' is the wordplay.
'fly' becomes 'hover' (hovering is a kind of flying).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hover' going around 'old' is 'HOLD OVER'.

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hold over that I've seen before include "Defer action on" , "... postpone" , "influence on another" .)

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