| Delay cause |
| Bureaucracy |
| Form-filling |
| Complications |
| Much paperwork |
| Cause for delay |
| Cause of delays |
| Progress slower |
| Progress impeder |
| Official routine. |
| Bureaucratic waste |
| Hoops, so to speak |
| Some complications |
| Bureaucratic hoops |
| Bureaucratic snarl |
| Bureaucratic stuff |
| Bureaucratic delay |
| Progress impediment |
| Barrier to progress |
| Bureaucracy problem |
| Bureaucratic hassle |
| Bureaucratic holdup |
| Civil service snarl |
| Procedural obstacle |
| Washington's forte? |
| Bureaucratic delays |
| Bureaucratic tangle |
| Bureaucrat's delight |
| Bureaucratic problem |
| Cause of many delays |
| Excessive regulation |
| Procedural annoyance |
| Bureaucratic routine |
| Bureaucratic busywork |
| Bureaucratic wrapping |
| Business deal impeder |
| Excessive bureaucracy |
| Metaphorical obstacle |
| Oval Office supplies? |
| Procedural impediment |
| Symbol of bureaucracy |
| Bureaucratic nuisance |
| Bureaucratic nightmare |
| Bureaucratic specialty |
| Procedural delay cause |
| Bureaucratic procedure |
| Bureaucratic runaround |
| Bureaucratic annoyance |
| Bureaucratic rigmarole |
| Bureaucratic impediment |
| Bureaucratic procedures |
| Unnecessary regulations |
| Bureaucratic finish line |
| Impedimental officialese |
| It's hard to cut through |
| Time-consuming procedure |
| Bureaucratic formalities |
| Bureaucracy's "offspring. |
| Bureaucratic form-filling |
| Bureaucratic requirements |
| Bureaucratic restrictions |
| Nice thing to cut through |
| A problem on Capitol Hill. |
| Sticky bureaucratic stuff? |
| Bureaucratic hassle: 2 wds. |
| Forms, forms and more forms |
| Bureaucratic delay (2 wds.) |
| Piles of paperwork, perhaps |
| Administrative complications |
| Obstacle to getting things done |
| Needlessly time-consuming procedures |
| What Civil War troop records were kept in |
| Reason for a long delay in getting approval, maybe |