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Postpone draw? About to (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

put off

'postpone' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'draw? about to' is the wordplay.
'draw?' becomes 'puff' ('puff' can be a synonym of 'draw'**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'puff' placed around 'to' is 'PUT-OFF'.

(Other definitions for put off that I've seen before include "Don't encourage - delay" , "Deter; delayed" , "Throw" , "confuse" , "Dissuaded - discouraged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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