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Delayed changing stair carpet on landing essentially (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

procrastinated

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'delayed' is the definition.
(procrastinating is a kind of delaying)

'changing stair carpet on landing essentially' is the wordplay.
'changing' is an anagram indicator.
'landing essentially' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stair'+'carpet'+'on'='staircarpeton'
'staircarpeton' anagrammed gives 'procrastinate'.
'procrastinate'+'d'='PROCRASTINATED'

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(Other definitions for procrastinated that I've seen before include "Put off action" , "delayed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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