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Yield to another's wishes and delay (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defer

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'yield to another's wishes' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'delay' is the second definition.
(deferring is a kind of delaying)

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for defer that I've seen before include "Allow precedence (to)" , "Play for time" , "Freed in order to postpone" , "Bow?" , "Hold back to a later time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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