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Originally Posted by ppaltice
I would have done what you did: not wind the clock. Rule 1-1-6 allows the referee to rule promptly on situations not specifically covered in the rules. Here Team A ran ~20s off the play clock in a close game. It would not be within the spirit of the rules to allow them to run an additional 20s off the clock.
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The problem with this advice is that the OP IS covered in the rules. LJ called an official's time out. 3-4-2 explicitly requires the clock to start on the RFP after an official's time out (with some exceptions irrelevant to the OP).
It's a very bad habit to think that because one is not sure how the rules apply to a case that one therefore can just make sh!te up. 1-1-6 allows officials to deal with a cow that wanders onto the field, not with unusual timing situations.