Crossword Genius

Hesitate when seeing father sitting on facility (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pause

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'hesitate' is the definition.
(I know that hesitate can be written as pause)

'seeing father sitting on facility' is the wordplay.
'seeing father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'sitting on facility' becomes 'use' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pa'+'use'='PAUSE'

'when' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pause that I've seen before include "Kick" , "Wait" , "Halt briefly" , "Intermission" , "Temporary inactivity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.