Stall (5)
There are a few possibilities for this:
play for time
'stall' is the definition.
(I know that stall can be written as booth)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for booth that I've seen before include "Army leader" , "Stand < and stall" , "Temporary shelter" , "Temporary structure eg for voting" , "Stall - Salvation Army founder" .)
'stall' is the definition.
(I know that stall is a more specific form of delay)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for delay that I've seen before include "Time lapse" , "Put off until later" , "Postpone, defer" , "Procrastinate - put off" , "Postponement" .)
'stall' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for play for time that I've seen before include "Delay action" , "Seek a temporal advantage" , "delay things" , "Delay having to make a decision" , "stall" .)