Stop account deletion, tapping escape key with only seconds left (5)
I believe the answer is:
cease
'stop' is the definition.
(I know that stop can be written as cease)
'account deletion tapping escape key with only seconds left' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'key' could be 'e' (musical key) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'account' could be 'ca' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ca' is present in the leftover letters.
'seconds' could be 's' and 's' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for cease that I've seen before include "Discontinue" , "Stop, finish" , "Come to an end" , "Finish, end" , "Political group" .)