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"late" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often delayed (7 letters).
Definitions
After the expected time; no longer alive
Word origin
From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.
Used in a sentence
“The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.”
“The meeting is convened for late morning.”
“In Southern U.S., "evening" is used for middle to late afternoon.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues
01“After the due time”4 letters
02“After the set time”4 letters
03“After the start time”4 letters
04“Behind schedule”4 letters
05“Not arriving on time”4 letters
06“Not on schedule”4 letters
07“Overdue”4 letters
08“Past the planned time”4 letters
09“Tardy”4 letters
10“After the expected time”4 letters
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