Word "IDLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
Examples:
the car engine was running at idle

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not having a job
Synonyms:
jobless, out of work
Examples:
idle carpenters

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not in active use
Synonyms:
unused
Examples:
the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands

Crossword Clues for IDLE

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Clue Source Date
David Lean's not working (4) The Sun Two Speed 27 Oct 2025
Not doing anything Commuter 24 Oct 2025
Not working The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Oct 2025
Unoccupied (4) Mirror Quick 20 Oct 2025
Lied about being lazy (4) Mirror Cryptic 20 Oct 2025
Not going anywhere USA Today 19 Oct 2025
Lied about being unemployed! Puzzler Cryptic 19 Oct 2025
Like a computer with a running screensaver New York Times 16 Oct 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Indolent The Telegraph Quick 14 Oct 2025
Lied about being lazy (4) Mirror Cryptic 12 Oct 2025
Unoccupied (4) Mirror Quick 12 Oct 2025
Eric -, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot (4) Mirror Quiz 07 Oct 2025
Goof around
Not up to much USA Today 04 Oct 2025
Unoccupied (4) Mirror Quick 30 Sep 2025
Lied about being lazy (4) Mirror Cryptic 30 Sep 2025
Lied about being lazy (4) Mirror Cryptic 28 Sep 2025
Unoccupied (4) Mirror Quick 28 Sep 2025
Unoccupied Commuter 26 Sep 2025
Eric ___, former Monty Python comedian (4) Puzzler 25 Sep 2025
Doing nothing The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Sep 2025
Lay off New York Times 20 Sep 2025
Unoccupied or inactive
Not engaged LA Times Daily 18 Sep 2025
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 17 Sep 2025
Inactive The Times Sunday Concise 14 Sep 2025
Do nothing Universal 12 Sep 2025
Running in place LA Times Daily 11 Sep 2025
Waste fuel, maybe
Lied about being lazy (4) Mirror Cryptic 05 Sep 2025
Unoccupied (4) Mirror Quick 05 Sep 2025
Lazy (4) Mirror Classic 03 Sep 2025
Standing still, like a car in neutral
Inactive The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 23 Aug 2025
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 22 Aug 2025
Not busy at all Newsday 20 Aug 2025
Doing nothing Newsday 19 Aug 2025
Sitting on the bench, say New York Times 19 Aug 2025
Habitually lazy The Times Concise 09 Aug 2025
Like some chatter Wall Street Journal 09 Aug 2025
Just sitting there USA Today 08 Aug 2025
Not moving USA Today Quick 07 Aug 2025
At rest USA Today 03 Aug 2025
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 29 Jul 2025
Not working or active, also another word for "lazy"
Doing nothing The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2025
Heard hero in lounge The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2025
Running, but not moving New York Times 26 Jul 2025
A bit horrid, lederhosen not working
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 22 Jul 2025
Which one of the Monty Python team wrote and sang Always Look on the Bright Side of Life? (4)
Lazy (4) Mirror Classic 19 Jul 2025
Not doing anything at the moment
Eric of Monty Python The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Jul 2025
Like some chatter New York Times 17 Jul 2025
Oddly indulged unemployed The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jul 2025
Speaking of revered person, good-fornothing (4)
A Trent tributary, lazy river? (4)
Not working The Telegraph Quick 14 Jul 2025
Wasting time LA Times Daily 13 Jul 2025
Idol auditioned for Frivolous (4)
Tick over The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 07 Jul 2025
Not moving USA Today Quick 06 Jul 2025
Not working in squalid leg-shows (4)
Not doing anything Newsday 02 Jul 2025
Not being used New York Times 30 Jun 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Doing nothing at
Not working, lazy or indolent
Unemployed inside. Paid less (4)
Just sitting around Wall Street Journal 24 Jun 2025
___ chatter (meaningless conversation)
Just sitting around The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Jun 2025
Lied about the tick-over (4)
Taking it easy LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2025
Redundant, a false god? So they say
Lacking basis
Like a couch potato Universal 12 Jun 2025
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 12 Jun 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Lied shiftily about being slack? (4)
Tick over (of engine)
Run in neutral Universal 10 Jun 2025
Not doing anything Newsday 09 Jun 2025
Sluggish fish circling lake
Out of work? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Jun 2025
Lazy The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Jun 2025
Not keen on doing work! (4)
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 03 Jun 2025
Be lazy and just tick over (4)
Lollygag New York Times 02 Jun 2025
Not up to anything Universal 01 Jun 2025
Monty Python comedian and musician, Eric _ (4)
Unmoving, perhaps LA Times Daily 31 May 2025
At leisure Newsday 29 May 2025
It doesn't like early starts so will just tick over (4)
Lazy Mirror Classic 28 May 2025
Be between reverse and drive
Some get paid less for not working
Out of work, I had a certain amount of dole (4)
Inactive or unoccupied (4)
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 20 May 2025
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 20 May 2025
Loafing around Commuter 19 May 2025
Not working The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 May 2025
Not engaged Premier Sunday 18 May 2025
Inactive, as a machine
Type of card the French get lazy about (4)
Not engaged Newsday 15 May 2025
Not doing anything Commuter 13 May 2025
Just sitting around Newsday 12 May 2025
Lazy (4) Puzzler 10 May 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Leisurely, slowly (4)
Doing nothing Newsday 05 May 2025
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 04 May 2025
Proverb: the devil makes work for ___ hands (4)
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 04 May 2025
Not doing much at the moment
Duoing nothing at all
Regularly find clue is not doing a lot The Telegraph Toughie 29 Apr 2025
Doing nowt (4) The Guardian Quick 29 Apr 2025
Not busy Thomas Joseph 28 Apr 2025
Monty Python member and musician, Eric ___- (4)
Overheard pin-up in need of occupation The Telegraph Toughie 25 Apr 2025
Vain way not to be at work (4)
Out of action
Unmoving LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2025
Not doing anything Newsday 23 Apr 2025
Inactive Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 2025
Eric ____, Monty Python member The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Apr 2025
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 21 Apr 2025
Eric possibly not very busy The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2025
Doing nothing
Lazy, inactive
For a day, lie about relaxedly and do nothing (4)
Not doing much The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 Apr 2025
Lazy Mirror Classic 14 Apr 2025
A nursemaid lecturer admits being lazy. (4)
Eric _, actor and comedian who was a co-creator of Monty Python's Flying Circus (4)
Eric ___, member of Monty Python
Unmoving USA Today 09 Apr 2025
Star lost ring near eastern lounge (4)
Indolent The Telegraph Quick 07 Apr 2025
The devil finds work for ... hands to do
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 03 Apr 2025
Inactive Wall Street Journal 01 Apr 2025
On the bench, say
Not working The Telegraph Quick 31 Mar 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Being unemployed(4)
Empty The Times Sunday Concise 30 Mar 2025
Change in deli not working The Times Quick Cryptic 29 Mar 2025
Hit Oasis single released in 2005, The Importance of Being ___- (4)
Chilling, maybe New York Times 21 Mar 2025
Sit in traffic Wall Street Journal 17 Mar 2025
Not doing anything but tick over (4)
Not doing anything Newsday 11 Mar 2025
Doing nothing Universal 10 Mar 2025
Vain and averse to work (4)
Just sitting around Wall Street Journal 05 Mar 2025
Stay in park with the engine on
Not busy Wall Street Journal 03 Mar 2025
Eric -, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot Mirror Quiz 03 Mar 2025
Not doing much
Untested (boast)
That is, about 550 not working (4)
Collecting dust LA Times Daily 28 Feb 2025
Not in operation, the machines are ...
Having an off day? Family Time 23 Feb 2025
Unoccupied, doing nothing
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 22 Feb 2025
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 22 Feb 2025
Lazy Mirror Classic 19 Feb 2025
Not doing anything USA Today 19 Feb 2025
Eric ____, Spamalot creator The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Feb 2025
"The devil makes work for _ hand: (4)
Lazy The Sun Mini 12 Feb 2025
Run a bus in neutral Family Time 10 Feb 2025
Lounging around Newsday 09 Feb 2025
Led one to being unemployed
Not busy LA Times Daily 08 Feb 2025
What an orange dot might indicate in a chat New York Times 08 Feb 2025
Senseless Newsday 08 Feb 2025
The devil finds work for ___ hands, proverb
Doing nothing Commuter 07 Feb 2025
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not going anywhere USA Today 02 Feb 2025
Unemployed The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 30 Jan 2025
Hardly working LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2025
Papers say the French are lazy?
I'd join the French when out of work (4)
Having an off day? Family Time 27 Jan 2025
See 16-Across Premier Sunday 26 Jan 2025
David Letterman's not working The Sun Two Speed 24 Jan 2025
Indolent The Sun Two Speed 24 Jan 2025
Not doing anything New York Times 22 Jan 2025
Gathering dust particles from solid lead (4)
Being workshy, lied cunningly (4)
"Splitting Heirs" star Eric
Eric ___, former Monty Python comedian Puzzler Backwords 18 Jan 2025
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 18 Jan 2025
Inactive star by the sound of it (4)
Eric of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
Disinclined towards effort (4) The Guardian Quick 17 Jan 2025
Doing nothing Newsday 14 Jan 2025
Eric ___ of Monty Python
Work-shy, lazy The Sun Mini 12 Jan 2025
Monty Python cast member (Eric ___-)
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Standing still, like a car in neutral
Lied about being bone lazy?
Having nothing on, the thought may be off-hand (4)
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 07 Jan 2025
(Of an engine) tick over The Times Concise 07 Jan 2025
Actor Eric USA Today Quick 07 Jan 2025
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 07 Jan 2025
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 07 Jan 2025
Eric, comedy writer and performer with the Monty Python team (4)
Not doing much LA Times Daily 06 Jan 2025
Not doing anything Newsday 05 Jan 2025
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 04 Jan 2025
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 04 Jan 2025
Doing nothing, say
Lied in a way that's simply useless
Not going anywhere USA Today 29 Dec 2024
Inactive day in French island (4)
Not doing much The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Dec 2024
Doing nothing to disturb "12" (4)
Unemployed star in audition The Times Quick Cryptic 27 Dec 2024
Vain The Telegraph Quick 23 Dec 2024
Not doing anything Newsday 23 Dec 2024
Not scheduled to play Family Time 23 Dec 2024
Unoccupied Commuter 21 Dec 2024
Lazy rebel disillusioned somewhat after revolution (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 21 Dec 2024
After a loss daily is edited in a nonchalant way (4)
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Doing nothing USA Today 18 Dec 2024
Just sitting there Commuter 18 Dec 2024
Not busy Wall Street Journal 17 Dec 2024
Doing no work - it sounds like the image one may wish to cherish (4)
Not doing anything The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Dec 2024
Not taking an active part in the raid, Les? (4)
Not moving USA Today Quick 15 Dec 2024
Run the engine but not the wheels
Inactive The Times Sunday Concise 15 Dec 2024
Afraid lever inside is not working
Monty Python's Eric not working The Sun Two Speed 13 Dec 2024
Indolent The Sun Two Speed 13 Dec 2024
Unemployed star, they say (4) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Dec 2024
"Monty Python" actor Eric USA Today Quick 12 Dec 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 11 Dec 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 11 Dec 2024
Having nothing to do, one gets led astray (4)
Relax, ... the days away
Doing a whole lot of nothing, say
Doing nothing Commuter 04 Dec 2024
Not busy LA Times Daily 04 Dec 2024
Busy doing nothing
Just sitting Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2024
Tick over (engine) (4)
Is not working with one led astray (4)
That is, about 550 just tick over (4)
Not active Premier Sunday 01 Dec 2024
Not doing much New York Times 01 Dec 2024
Not moving USA Today Quick 30 Nov 2024
Doing nothing Commuter 30 Nov 2024
Python on TV reluctant to make an effort The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Nov 2024
Slothful (4) Puzzler 30 Nov 2024
Not hard at work USA Today 28 Nov 2024
Indolent The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2024
Not doing anything Universal 27 Nov 2024
Vain and lazy
Potter lied deviously The Sun Two Speed 27 Nov 2024
Disliking work (4)
Unemployed setter had clues every now and then (4) The Guardian Quiptic 24 Nov 2024
Enjoying some time off
Doing nothing Commuter 22 Nov 2024
Like people with office jobs, much of the time
Doing nothing Newsday 20 Nov 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 17 Nov 2024
Lazy - like Eric? (4)
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 17 Nov 2024
One candle can go out: it's not being utilised (4)
Just sitting there USA Today 15 Nov 2024
Lazy: bone -
Alternatively indulge when not working (4)
Not doing work
I had to go over half a mile, doing nothing (4)
Not doing anything Newsday 11 Nov 2024
Surname of Monty Python's Eric (4)
Nothing to do that is about five hundred pounds (4)
Marking time Wall Street Journal 07 Nov 2024
Not active Thomas Joseph 07 Nov 2024
Lied about not working (4)
Not doing much LA Times Daily 03 Nov 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 02 Nov 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 02 Nov 2024
Not working, say The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Nov 2024
Indolent, bone ...
I led out in a lazy way (4)
Unemployed The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 31 Oct 2024
Sounds like the image of lazy people (4)
Lied about having nothing to do (4)
That is about five hundred and fifty unemployed (4)
Lazy hero, say (4)
Eric in "A Fish Called Wanda"
Lazy (4) Puzzler 22 Oct 2024
Inactive Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2024
With no real purpose
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 18 Oct 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 18 Oct 2024
With nothing to do, take some paid leave
Slothful Wall Street Journal 17 Oct 2024
Goofing off Newsday 16 Oct 2024
Doing no work (4)
Not in use Premier Sunday 13 Oct 2024
Not being used as an image, we hear (4)
Out of work hero on the radio (4)
Not working or active, also another word for "lazy"
Loaf New York Times 06 Oct 2024
...and his fellow Python, Eric _ (4)
One sixth of the Monty Python team, Eric _ (4)
Member of famous troupe "resting" The Telegraph Toughie 04 Oct 2024
I had the French doing nothing (4)
Eric, member of the Monty Python comedy team (4)
Workshy Mirror Tea Time 02 Oct 2024
Not working The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Sep 2024
Not moving USA Today Quick 29 Sep 2024
Lied about not having anything to do?
State of TV when not in use
I had the French loaf (4)
Lazy Mirror Classic 28 Sep 2024
Eric ___, former Monty Python comedian Puzzler Backwords 27 Sep 2024
Half-cut male following urges while away The Times Cryptic 26 Sep 2024
Just hanging around Newsday 24 Sep 2024
Not doing anything Newsday 23 Sep 2024
Be in neutral Family Time 23 Sep 2024
Sounds like hero is unemployed
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 20 Sep 2024
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 20 Sep 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 20 Sep 2024
Turn over at leisure
Finally replied "Broken. Not working" (4)
Unoccupied Commuter 17 Sep 2024
Not doing much of anything New York Times 16 Sep 2024
Not working one gets led astray
Outspoken star disinclined to work The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Sep 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 15 Sep 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 15 Sep 2024
Be in neutral in your go-cart Family Time 15 Sep 2024
Very lazy: bone -
As lazy as Eric (4)
Lazy The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Sep 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 10 Sep 2024
Lie ridiculously about the number unemployed (4)
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 10 Sep 2024
Be in neutral Family Time 09 Sep 2024
Just chilling Universal 09 Sep 2024
Do nothing useful
___ No More movement
Not doing anything Commuter 04 Sep 2024
Unemployed individual demanding legitimate employment primarily (4) The Guardian Cryptic 03 Sep 2024
Do nothing useless (4)
Goof around
It is vain to be unoccupied (4)
Celebrity's heard as being inactive (4)
Lazy Mirror Classic 31 Aug 2024
Inactive person much admired, we hear (4)
Daily could suffer a loss in a nonchalant way (4)
Inactive, out of use Puzzler Backwords 29 Aug 2024
Twiddling one's thumbs USA Today 28 Aug 2024
Going nowhere New York Times 28 Aug 2024
Not doing anything Newsday 27 Aug 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 25 Aug 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 25 Aug 2024
Like a threat that's never going to be carried out
Not doing much New York Times 20 Aug 2024
Not moving USA Today Quick 18 Aug 2024
In welding, take back part that's not working (4)
Doing nothing Commuter 17 Aug 2024
See 6 Down Mirror Quiz 17 Aug 2024
Not busy Wall Street Journal 12 Aug 2024
Just hanging around Newsday 12 Aug 2024
Tick over (4) The Telegraph Quick 11 Aug 2024
Doing absolutely nothing
Eric the Python The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Aug 2024
Colleague of Chapman and Cleese The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Aug 2024
Lounging LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2024
Slothful The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Aug 2024
Twiddling one's thumbs, say
Doing nothing USA Today 30 Jul 2024
Not doing anything Universal 27 Jul 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 26 Jul 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 26 Jul 2024
Between jobs Wall Street Journal 25 Jul 2024
Inactive (4) Puzzler 25 Jul 2024
Be inactive Premier Sunday 21 Jul 2024
Lazy hero, we hear (4)
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 18 Jul 2024
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 16 Jul 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 16 Jul 2024
Not busy Thomas Joseph 16 Jul 2024
Inactive, out of use (4) Puzzler 15 Jul 2024
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Run in neutral LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2024
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 09 Jul 2024
Run without moving? Doesn't work (4)
Not busy LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2024
Member of Monty Python, Eric ___- (4)
Inactive celebrity, by the sound of it (4)
Paid less when about to be out of work (4)
Inactive LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2024
Frivolous Newsday 05 Jul 2024
Be in neutral
Eric___, British comedian (4)
___ chatter (gossipy talk)
In directing labour, Euro leaders simply tick over (4)
Mind that is "the devil's workshop"
Which Eric proudly calls himself"the third tallest member of Monty Python"? (4)
500 Romans lie about in a lazy manner (4)
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Lied about avoiding work Mirror Cryptic 28 Jun 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 28 Jun 2024
Lazy celebrity one might say The Times Quick Cryptic 27 Jun 2024
Indulging in a bit of stupid leisure? (4)
Dormant (4) The Guardian Quick 25 Jun 2024
One had let leaders laze (4)
Taking it real easy USA Today 24 Jun 2024
Lied about not having a job?
Run, still (4)
___ chatter (meaningless conversation)
I sadly have to do without sex appeal with nonchalance (4)
In an x-hand way (4)
Chilling out Newsday 20 Jun 2024
Empty The Times Sunday Concise 16 Jun 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 16 Jun 2024
Not active
Without any occupation (4) Mirror Quick 16 Jun 2024
Asleep, say LA Times Daily 15 Jun 2024
Not active
An ____ mind is the devil's workshop, proverb meaning that laziness can produce evil thoughts (4)
Avoiding work Mirror Classic 13 Jun 2024
In the adage, what sort of hands does the devil find work for? (4)
David Lean employed one of the Pythons (4)
Do nothing The Sun Mini 07 Jun 2024
Comedian and Monty Python's Flying Circus star, Eric _ (4)
Eric ____, Monty Python member The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Jun 2024
Unemployed star, they say (4) Puzzler Cryptic 30 May 2024
Like some chatter or gossip
Eric -, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot Mirror Quiz 26 May 2024
Lecturer crushed by wife going astray, becoming lethargic (4)
Do nothing Universal 24 May 2024
Not doing anything USA Today 23 May 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 21 May 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 21 May 2024
Inactive New York Times 21 May 2024
One led astray by having nothing to do (4)
Loafing around Newsday 19 May 2024
Inactive, as a machine
Not in operation: the machines lay -
Part of pyramid left unoccupied
Eric of Monty Python and Spamalot fame
Needing work welding elevated brackets
Is not employed to run without doing any work (4)
Do squat New York Times 09 May 2024
Sit with the engine running USA Today 09 May 2024
English comedian, born 1943, member of Monty Python (4)
To be so lazy one may be misled (4)
___ threat (one that won't come to pass)
Unused, inactive The Times Concise 01 May 2024
It is unedifying to be doing nothing (4)
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 30 Apr 2024
Not doing anything Newsday 30 Apr 2024
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 30 Apr 2024
Inactive Universal 30 Apr 2024
Not busy Wall Street Journal 30 Apr 2024
Such a mind is devil's workshop
Comic actor welcomed by David Letterman
Lazy hero gets picked up (4)
To be doing nothing is vain (4)
On a bye week LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 23 Apr 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 23 Apr 2024
Lazy Mirror Classic 21 Apr 2024
I don't laze easily, in the beginning it was opposite (4)
Unoccupied LA Times Daily 15 Apr 2024
Just sitting around Newsday 15 Apr 2024
Between films
In welding, give back part that's not working (4)
The Importance of Being ___-, Oasis hit (4)
Lied about not being gainfully employed?
Doing nothing productive
Not scheduled to play Family Time 07 Apr 2024
Run in place Wall Street Journal 06 Apr 2024
Sit at a light Newsday 04 Apr 2024
Doing nothing USA Today 03 Apr 2024
Be lazy, like pantomime Jack (4)
Lied lazy (anag) (4)
Not doing anything Newsday 02 Apr 2024
Not working The Guardian Quick 01 Apr 2024
Doing nothing, lazy
Lied about doing nothing (4)
Not busy Thomas Joseph 28 Mar 2024
Having nothing to do Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2024
Not doing anything Newsday 25 Mar 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 24 Mar 2024
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 24 Mar 2024
Run the car without going anywhere
See 19 Down Mirror Quiz 23 Mar 2024
Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot (4,4)
Just sitting around
Unemployed star, they say (4) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Mar 2024
To be so unoccupied is vain (4)
Waiting for a task Universal 21 Mar 2024
Not working right now
Running in neutral, as a car engine
I had taken the French to be unemployed (4)
Simply tick over in unpaid leisure-time (4)
That is about five hundred and fifty not working (4)
Job for the younger set could land them in court (4,4)
At leisure The Guardian Speedy 10 Mar 2024
Sitting in neutral
Musical member of the Monty Python team, Eric _ (4)
Lazy Mirror Classic 03 Mar 2024
Eric ___, comedian (4)
Monty Python member, Eric _ (4)
Work-shy (4) Puzzler 02 Mar 2024
Wait outside to pick up your friend, maybe
Python 36 Across (4)
Not doing anything New York Times 28 Feb 2024
Eric on the dole! (4)
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 28 Feb 2024
Eric is sitting still (4)
Lazy tickover? (4)
Unoccupied, doing nothing
Graham .... , 1975-80 Wakefield Trinity loose forward; 1979 Challenge Cup Final runner-up (4)
Doing nothing Newsday 21 Feb 2024
Goofing off Wall Street Journal 20 Feb 2024
Lied about being unem ployed! (4)
Doing nothing one gets mis-led (4)
Vain, baseless (4)
Doing nothing, one gets misled (4)
Run in place, as a car
Groundless, as rumors Family Time 18 Feb 2024
Run in place LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2024
Unemployed? Indulge the odd characters (4)
Just chillin' USA Today 14 Feb 2024
Work-shy revolutionary withheld important parts
It is vain not to be occupied (4)
Do nothing that might have led one astray (4)
Doing a whole lot of nothing
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Unemployed pop star on the radio (4)
Run in neutral
Python Eric (4)
Not going anywhere LA Times Daily 30 Jan 2024
Sit with the engine running
Not doing anything USA Today 25 Jan 2024
Deliberately break the tip and it's not working (4)
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 20 Jan 2024
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 20 Jan 2024
Run the engine, but not in gear (4)
Sit at a traffic light, say
Eric ___, member of the Monty Python team (4) Puzzler 19 Jan 2024
Some said leisure was having nothing to do (4) Puzzler Cryptic 17 Jan 2024
He wrote Spamalot while away
Indolent Puzzler Backwords 16 Jan 2024
Indolent - like Eric? (4)
Unemployed daughter captivated by Corsica, possibly
Like much chatter Wall Street Journal 13 Jan 2024
Eric _, Monty Python's Flying Circus comedian (4)
Like some speculation New York Times 12 Jan 2024
Inactive Wall Street Journal 11 Jan 2024
Standing still, like a car in neutral
Doing nothing Universal 10 Jan 2024
Unemployed daughter captivated by Corsica, possibly (4)
Not scheduled to work today Family Time 08 Jan 2024
Homophone of 50 down (4)
Not scheduled to play today Family Time 07 Jan 2024
Twiddling one's thumbs
Doing nothing Newsday 04 Jan 2024
Doing nothing, say
Not in gear New York Times 31 Dec 2023
Inactive Family Time 31 Dec 2023
Not actively doing something
Doing not a thing
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Lied about being lazy Mirror Cryptic 26 Dec 2023
Unoccupied Mirror Quick 26 Dec 2023
Lazy Mirror Classic 25 Dec 2023
Exist in a changeless situation (4)
Wait for a green light, for example
Laze USA Today 22 Dec 2023
Doing nothing USA Today 21 Dec 2023
At leisure Newsday 21 Dec 2023
___ talk (irrelevant chatter)
Sitting around doing nothing, say
Running without moving, as a car
Vain The Guardian Speedy 17 Dec 2023
Eric ___, Monty Python comedian (4) Puzzler 15 Dec 2023
Run without moving, as a car
Unemployed or doing nothing (4)
Just sitting around USA Today 08 Dec 2023
Indolent, dull, lacking energy initially The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Dec 2023
Indolent, dull, lacking energy initially (4)
How a lazybones hangs around (4)
Eric _, Monty Python star who sang the One Foot In The Grave theme song (4)
I had left the point, being lazy (4)
Lounge in which hero can be heard The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2023
Doing nothing The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2023
Lazy days visiting French island (4)
Just laying around Family Time 26 Nov 2023
Not busy USA Today 19 Nov 2023
Regularly find clues not working The Sun Two Speed 17 Nov 2023
Indolent The Sun Two Speed 17 Nov 2023
Just sitting around Newsday 15 Nov 2023
Inactive LA Times Daily 12 Nov 2023
Not moving, as a vehicle
Occasionally indulged unemployed The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Nov 2023
Eric ___, former Monty Python comedian Puzzler Backwords 04 Nov 2023
Unoccupied or inactive
Not busy Wall Street Journal 30 Oct 2023
Paid less, content to be shirking The Guardian Cryptic 18 Oct 2023
Not busy Thomas Joseph 11 Oct 2023
Just sitting around, say
Like a car waiting curbside USA Today 05 Oct 2023
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 02 Oct 2023
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 22 Sep 2023
Vocal star getting no work? The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Sep 2023
Doing nothing Universal 22 Sep 2023
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 18 Sep 2023
Not busy Wall Street Journal 18 Sep 2023
Twiddling one's thumbs Universal 16 Sep 2023
Loafing Newsday 14 Sep 2023
Just sitting around Newsday 13 Sep 2023
Not doing anything
Inactive Universal 08 Sep 2023
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Groundless, as rumors Family Time 04 Sep 2023
Going nowhere Universal 01 Sep 2023
Waste time LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2023
Just sitting around doing nothing, say
Not up to much New York Times 27 Aug 2023
Run in neutral Universal 25 Aug 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 14 Aug 2023
Just sitting around, say
Not busy Thomas Joseph 12 Aug 2023
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 12 Aug 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 09 Aug 2023
Doing nothing Wall Street Journal 09 Aug 2023
Do nothing Universal 07 Aug 2023
Not working Family Time 06 Aug 2023
Between jobs Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2023
Doing nothing at all
Unoccupied Newsday 04 Aug 2023
Unoccupied or inactive
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 01 Aug 2023
Revered person picked up for doing nothing The Times Cryptic 31 Jul 2023
Going nowhere LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2023
Inactive The Telegraph Quick 27 Jul 2023
Have the engine on while parked New York Times 24 Jul 2023
Be in neutral Family Time 23 Jul 2023
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Unbusy USA Today 21 Jul 2023
See 62-Across LA Times Daily 19 Jul 2023
Go nowhere with the engine on LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2023
Not occupied, say
Just sitting around Newsday 03 Jul 2023
Do nothing Universal 03 Jul 2023
"___ hands are the devil's playthings"
Papers produced by the French unemployed The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Jun 2023
Inactive LA Times Daily 25 Jun 2023
Eric __, member of Monty Python The Guardian Weekend 24 Jun 2023
Doing nothing Newsday 20 Jun 2023
Doing nothing USA Today 15 Jun 2023
Not active
Not doing anything New York Times 14 Jun 2023
Warming the bench, say
Lazing around
Not working The Telegraph Quick 03 Jun 2023
Run in neutral Family Time 29 May 2023
Just sitting around, say
Just sitting around Universal 21 May 2023
Just sitting around, say
Not active Thomas Joseph 18 May 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 16 May 2023
At a standstill LA Times Daily 15 May 2023
Just chillin' USA Today 13 May 2023
Like a couch potato?
Motionless Family Time 08 May 2023
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not busy USA Today 04 May 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 02 May 2023
Not busy Wall Street Journal 01 May 2023
Twiddling one's thumbs
Just sitting around Newsday 25 Apr 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 24 Apr 2023
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 21 Apr 2023
Did less? Mostly this The Times Cryptic 20 Apr 2023
Like a couch potato, say
Loafing Universal 19 Apr 2023
Sit at a red light Family Time 17 Apr 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 17 Apr 2023
Wait at a red light Family Time 16 Apr 2023
Not doing anything USA Today 16 Apr 2023
In couch-potato mode
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 15 Apr 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 11 Apr 2023
Barely moves sideways, being lazy The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Apr 2023
Not hard at work Universal 05 Apr 2023
Not up to anything
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not busy Thomas Joseph 03 Apr 2023
Sit with the engine running, say
Inactive USA Today 27 Mar 2023
Python perhaps lethargic The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Mar 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 20 Mar 2023
Unoccupied The Guardian Quick 20 Mar 2023
Inactive The Guardian Speedy 19 Mar 2023
Not doing anything
Not active Thomas Joseph 18 Mar 2023
Unoccupied The Telegraph Quick 17 Mar 2023
Just chillin' Newsday 16 Mar 2023
Not doing anything Newsday 07 Mar 2023
At rest Canadiana 06 Mar 2023
___ mode (not in use)
Doing nothing Universal 01 Mar 2023
Slacking, paid less — only half The Guardian Cryptic 27 Feb 2023
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 21 Feb 2023
Just sitting around Newsday 15 Feb 2023
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 13 Feb 2023
Mind type that can be "a devil's workshop"
Not busy Thomas Joseph 02 Feb 2023
Inactive Newsday 02 Feb 2023
Doing nothing Family Time 29 Jan 2023
Vegetating, say Universal 28 Jan 2023
Not doing anything USA Today 25 Jan 2023
Mind that can be "a devil's workshop"
Doing nothing USA Today 17 Jan 2023
Run the car without moving Family Time 16 Jan 2023
Twiddling one's thumbs
Not busy Thomas Joseph 09 Jan 2023
Like loafers Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2022
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 26 Dec 2022
Not doing anything LA Times Daily 20 Dec 2022
Not busy Thomas Joseph 20 Dec 2022
Unemployed, fish round lake The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Dec 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 19 Dec 2022
Inactive, impassive dog lacking exercise, originally The Times Cryptic 15 Dec 2022
Nothing doing? New York Times 12 Dec 2022
Eric of Monty Python Wall Street Journal 05 Dec 2022
Not doing anything Universal 05 Dec 2022
Run without moving, as a car New York Times 28 Nov 2022
Not busy Wall Street Journal 28 Nov 2022
Twiddling one’s thumbs Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2022
Lied about being lazy The Times Cryptic 14 Nov 2022
At a standstill
Work-shy superstar, they say The Times Cryptic 03 Nov 2022
Inactive Newsday 02 Nov 2022
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 28 Oct 2022
Unmoving, like a couch potato
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not working Wall Street Journal 24 Oct 2022
Inactive USA Today 24 Oct 2022
Not busy Thomas Joseph 24 Oct 2022
Not doing much USA Today 23 Oct 2022
Doing nothing Premier Sunday 23 Oct 2022
Sitting around Universal 20 Oct 2022
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not currently active USA Today 18 Oct 2022
Shallow lake fish goes round The Times Cryptic 03 Oct 2022
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not active USA Today 26 Sep 2022
Unoccupied The Guardian Speedy 25 Sep 2022
Be inactive
Casual The Telegraph Quick 18 Sep 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 13 Sep 2022
On the sidelines, say
Inactive Premier Sunday 11 Sep 2022
Python having a snooze?
Just hanging around Universal 09 Sep 2022
Said superstar is out of work The Times Cryptic 07 Sep 2022
See 12-Across New York Times 01 Sep 2022
Just chill Newsday 01 Sep 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 22 Aug 2022
Doing nothing Family Time 15 Aug 2022
Avoiding work; lazy The Telegraph Quick 15 Aug 2022
Not engaged LA Times Daily 14 Aug 2022
Inactive USA Today 10 Aug 2022
Still in a sports car Family Time 08 Aug 2022
Unemployed compiler given hand-out, short of nothing The Times Cryptic 01 Aug 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 01 Aug 2022
Not busy Thomas Joseph 01 Aug 2022
Be between jobs, say
Doing nothing Universal 21 Jul 2022
Keep the engine running when stationary The Guardian Quick 20 Jul 2022
Inactive LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2022
Eric --, member of the Monty Python team The Telegraph General Knowledge 18 Jul 2022
Just waiting around New York Times 13 Jul 2022
At rest Canadiana 04 Jul 2022
Trivial, as chatter Family Time 04 Jul 2022
Waiting for the light to turn green, say
Lazy The Guardian Quick 29 Jun 2022
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 25 Jun 2022
Run in neutral New York Times 20 Jun 2022
At rest Canadiana 20 Jun 2022
Run without moving, as a truck Family Time 19 Jun 2022
Between jobs LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2022
Just chilling LA Times Daily 17 Jun 2022
Some did less not working The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jun 2022
Wait at a light, say Universal 15 Jun 2022
Up to nothing, say
Unoccupied or inactive
Bid less, partly lazy 
Unemployed lad primarily tucking into fish The Times Cryptic 09 Jun 2022
Heard one much admired is not working The Times Cryptic 08 Jun 2022
Running in neutral Family Time 06 Jun 2022
Standing still
Wave altered and hit bluff The Guardian Cryptic 20 May 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 10 May 2022
Not doing anything USA Today 10 May 2022
Empty, as a threat Wall Street Journal 04 May 2022
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 03 May 2022
Inactive Canadiana 02 May 2022
Merely killing time
Unmoving, like a car
Regularly find clues not working The Times Cryptic 20 Apr 2022
Not doing anything USA Today 14 Apr 2022
Inactive Universal 13 Apr 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 11 Apr 2022
Unoccupied daughter replacing son in Skye, perhaps The Times Cryptic 11 Apr 2022
Not busy USA Today 09 Apr 2022
___ No More USA Today 06 Apr 2022
Just chillin' Newsday 01 Apr 2022
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 24 Mar 2022
Loaf LA Times Daily 18 Mar 2022
Loaf The Washington Post 18 Mar 2022
Running in neutral, as a car engine
Not doing much USA Today 13 Mar 2022
Just sitting around LA Times Daily 08 Mar 2022
Just sitting around The Washington Post 08 Mar 2022
Island valley, not area offering no fruit? The Times Cryptic 03 Mar 2022
Not in use Wall Street Journal 01 Mar 2022
Run in place, as a car
Doing nothing Universal 19 Feb 2022
Even mild sleep is good for nothing Irish Times Crosaire 18 Feb 2022
Empty The Times Concise 13 Feb 2022
Waiting on the sidelines, say
Unemployed Hoskins had beer, but no starter
Inactive or lazy Irish Times Simplex 08 Feb 2022
Inactive or lazy Irish Times Simplex 05 Feb 2022
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Running but not moving? Wall Street Journal 01 Feb 2022
Just hanging around Newsday 31 Jan 2022
Not working Universal 31 Jan 2022
Just sitting around with the French papers open Irish Times Crosaire 31 Jan 2022
Inactive or lazy Irish Times Simplex 25 Jan 2022
It's not working in Donegal, in Ireland Irish Times Crosaire 24 Jan 2022
Baseless, as rumors Newsday 23 Jan 2022
Not doing anything Newsday 17 Jan 2022
Unemployed Canadiana 17 Jan 2022
Inactive USA Today 11 Jan 2022
Lay off New York Times 06 Jan 2022
It's not working for those characters upset in Channel dispute Irish Times Crosaire 03 Jan 2022
Lazy superstar, we're told
Papers maybe left alongside entrance to executive lounge The Times Cryptic 28 Dec 2021
Python not given to exertion
Not doing anything Universal 22 Dec 2021
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Inactive Universal 21 Dec 2021
Not doing anything USA Today 19 Dec 2021
Lazy The Times Concise 17 Dec 2021
Out-of-work comedian?
Out-of-work comedian? The Guardian Cryptic 16 Dec 2021
Unbusy USA Today 11 Dec 2021
Sit with the engine running Universal 10 Dec 2021
At a standstill
Inactive The Telegraph Quick 09 Dec 2021
At a standstill
Twiddling one's thumbs
Indolent The Telegraph Quick 24 Nov 2021
Doing nothing Universal 22 Nov 2021
Inactive summits of Isla de los Estados Irish Times Crosaire 12 Nov 2021
Sit with the engine running USA Today 12 Nov 2021
Wait for the light to change, say New York Times 10 Nov 2021
Wait at a light, say LA Times Daily 10 Nov 2021
Not at work Wall Street Journal 09 Nov 2021
Not in use Canadiana 08 Nov 2021
Not busy right now The Washington Post Sunday 07 Nov 2021
Like frivolous chatter LA Times Daily 04 Nov 2021
Those captured by David Lean out of a job Irish Times Crosaire 29 Oct 2021
Not do anything New York Times 28 Oct 2021
Not working today Newsday 27 Oct 2021
Inactive LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2021
Not active Newsday 24 Oct 2021
Lazy superstar, we're told
Covid: Lesser cases while away
Like a bike that isn't turned on
Unoccupied
Run without moving The Washington Post 19 Oct 2021
Run without moving LA Times Daily 19 Oct 2021
Twiddling one's thumbs
Not doing anything Newsday 05 Oct 2021
Doing nothing USA Today 05 Oct 2021
When not in New Delhi one is not working Irish Times Crosaire 04 Oct 2021
Doing nothing LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2021
Doing nothing The Washington Post 04 Oct 2021
Like a mind that is a devil's workshop
Waiting for an assignment, maybe New York Times 24 Sep 2021
Not doing anything Newsday 21 Sep 2021
Inactive USA Today 15 Sep 2021
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 12 Sep 2021
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Just sitting around New York Times 07 Sep 2021
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2021
Not doing much LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2021
Not doing much The Washington Post 30 Aug 2021
Doing nothing Newsday 29 Aug 2021
Serving no purpose Newsday 27 Aug 2021
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 25 Aug 2021
Not active USA Today 25 Aug 2021
Inactive or lazy Irish Times Simplex 21 Aug 2021
Not busy Thomas Joseph 27 Jul 2021
Just sitting around
Keep an engine running without moving New York Times 19 Jul 2021
Hardly working The Washington Post 16 Jul 2021
Hardly working LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2021
Covered by maid, ledge gathering dust
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 14 Jul 2021
Not doing anything USA Today 14 Jul 2021
Like a team on a day off New York Times 13 Jul 2021
Lazy The Times Concise 12 Jul 2021
Inactive The Times Concise 11 Jul 2021
Not busy Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2021
When not in New Delhi one is not working Irish Times Crosaire 23 Jun 2021
Hero can be heard in lounge The Sun Two Speed 09 Jun 2021
Not doing anything Newsday 07 Jun 2021
Doing nothing USA Today 07 Jun 2021
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Chilling, say Wall Street Journal 02 Jun 2021
Unemployed The Sun Two Speed 29 May 2021
Potter in tabloid leader The Sun Two Speed 29 May 2021
Duty-free? New York Times 26 May 2021
Wait in neutral Universal 19 May 2021
Unemployed barmaid learned to some extent
Not working Universal 03 May 2021
Good-for-nothing set-up in Hotel-Dieu Irish Times Crosaire 26 Apr 2021
Just hanging out New York Times 25 Apr 2021
Vain movie star? Sounds like it
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Just sitting there Universal 10 Apr 2021
Like some threats New York Times 10 Apr 2021
Out of service Wall Street Journal 07 Apr 2021
At deli, cook is not working
Casual The Times Concise 28 Mar 2021
Device mode when not in use
Unemployed Ian didn't like exertion initially The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Mar 2021
Lazing about Newsday 10 Mar 2021
Unoccupied
Indolent The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2021
Regularly find clues not working The Sun Two Speed 07 Mar 2021
___ mode (not in use)
Just sitting there Wall Street Journal 17 Feb 2021
Not doing much USA Today 17 Feb 2021
Loafing around LA Times Daily 08 Feb 2021
Loafing around The Washington Post 08 Feb 2021
Not working Wall Street Journal 03 Feb 2021
Not yet engaged? Universal 03 Feb 2021
Doing nothing
Vain movie star? Sounds like it
Doing nothing
Said star is not working
Running in neutral Universal 13 Jan 2021
Not up to much USA Today 06 Jan 2021
See 46dn.
Just sitting around
Out of action Wall Street Journal 30 Dec 2020
Python slid lengthways, to an extent The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Dec 2020
Just sitting around
Like a laptop when you don't touch it for a while The Washington Post Sunday 27 Dec 2020
Curtailed suggestion about pound in vain The Telegraph Toughie 24 Dec 2020
Not going anywhere New York Times 24 Dec 2020
David Letterman's not working The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2020
Doing nothing The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2020
Word before rich or talk New York Times 17 Dec 2020
Wait in neutral New York Times 13 Dec 2020
Type of brain that might be the devil's workshop
Opposite of occupied The Washington Post Sunday 29 Nov 2020
It isn't working for the odd indulger? Irish Times Crosaire 25 Nov 2020
Not busy New York Times 23 Nov 2020
Not working whilst having some paid leave The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2020
Sideline Newsday 21 Nov 2020
Not working The Times Concise 20 Nov 2020
Is not working for the papers long - what's the point? Irish Times Crosaire 09 Nov 2020
Not scheduled to play, as a pro team LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2020
Not scheduled to play, as a pro team The Washington Post 26 Oct 2020
Python lay on one's oars The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Oct 2020
Just sitting around New York Times 19 Oct 2020
Doing nothing
Twiddling one’s thumbs Wall Street Journal 10 Oct 2020
Comic actor, film star in audition?
Slothful Universal 08 Oct 2020
Not occupied USA Today 06 Oct 2020
Pointless image, say
Potter lied deviously The Sun Two Speed 03 Oct 2020
Monty Python's Eric The Sun Two Speed 03 Oct 2020
___ mode (not being used)
Thumb-twiddling New York Times 27 Sep 2020
Unimportant fish in loch? On the contrary
Doing nothing
Not used in tabloid leader The Sun Two Speed 13 Sep 2020
In couch-potato mode
Useless section of welding is rejected The Telegraph Toughie 02 Sep 2020
Python disinclined to move? The Telegraph Toughie 28 Aug 2020
Not working, but soon to Family Time 23 Aug 2020
Just sitting around
Mindless, like chatter Universal 17 Aug 2020
Not in use The Washington Post Sunday 16 Aug 2020
Indulged in odd places between jobs?
Unemployed one gets appropriate payment, nothing less
Unemployed superstar given a hearing
Lazy leaving line in fish
Currently twiddling one's thumbs Family Time 02 Aug 2020
Hero, it is said, is not working
Hang around New York Times 24 Jul 2020
Not occupied
Twiddling one's thumbs with nothing to do Family Time 19 Jul 2020
Insubstantial Newsday 16 Jul 2020
Inactive New York Times 13 Jul 2020
Not occupied
Like chitchat, often The Washington Post Sunday 12 Jul 2020
With nothing to do Newsday 05 Jul 2020
'Am I vital / If my heart is ___?' (Moses Sumney) USA Today 04 Jul 2020
Unoccupied The Sun Two Speed 26 Jun 2020
Awaiting orders, say USA Today 25 Jun 2020
Just hanging around Universal 22 Jun 2020
Twiddling one's thumbs Family Time 15 Jun 2020
Not working
Run, but not in drive or reverse Family Time 07 Jun 2020
Doing nothing
Waste time Premier Sunday 31 May 2020
Run in neutral
Not in drive or reverse Family Time 24 May 2020
Opposite of busy The Washington Post Sunday 24 May 2020
Just sitting around
Fish around lake, being at a loose end
Like some threats Wall Street Journal 20 May 2020
Wait at a light, perhaps Wall Street Journal 19 May 2020
'The devil finds work for ___ hands' USA Today 15 May 2020
Made unemployed by identifiable banks Irish Times Crosaire 15 May 2020
Not active USA Today 12 May 2020
Loafing around Newsday 11 May 2020
Sit at a red light, say New York Times 10 May 2020
A bit of welding up is not working
Not busy USA Today 06 May 2020
Sit at a light Newsday 03 May 2020
Not up to much
Not playing today Newsday 29 Apr 2020
Twiddle one's thumbs USA Today 29 Apr 2020
Like much chatter Wall Street Journal 25 Apr 2020
Waiting for the next task, say USA Today 18 Apr 2020
'___ hands are the devil's workshop' USA Today 13 Apr 2020
Not doing anything
Wait on red Family Time 12 Apr 2020
Gathering 18 Down The Washington Post Sunday 12 Apr 2020
In couch potato mode
Part of solenoid leaking is not working Irish Times Crosaire 10 Apr 2020
Hardly industrious Wall Street Journal 08 Apr 2020
Do nothing during paid leave
Sit at a red light Universal 02 Apr 2020
Wait at the light Family Time 22 Mar 2020
Heard hero in lounge The Sun Two Speed 06 Mar 2020
Just sitting around
Do nothing with smelt from mild steel Irish Times Crosaire 29 Feb 2020
___ threat The Washington Post Sunday 23 Feb 2020
Just sitting around
Kind of hands said to be the devil's playthings New York Times 18 Feb 2020
Doing nothing at the moment Family Time 16 Feb 2020
Not working
Lay off, as workers
Jobless in tabloid leader The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2020
Loafing around Universal 30 Dec 2019
Between gigs Family Time 30 Dec 2019
Not doing anything LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2019
Not doing anything The Washington Post 27 Dec 2019
Not working Newsday 25 Dec 2019
Doing nothing Newsday 23 Dec 2019
See 137 Down The Washington Post Sunday 22 Dec 2019
Unbusy USA Today 22 Dec 2019
Dormant Premier Sunday 22 Dec 2019
Twiddling one's thumbs Universal 19 Dec 2019
Wait at a stop sign, say Universal 18 Dec 2019
Goofing off Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2019
Doing nothing Universal 15 Dec 2019
Sitting around doing nothing
Senseless Newsday 12 Dec 2019
Wait at the light, engine on Family Time 08 Dec 2019
Like some speculation USA Today 07 Dec 2019
Wait in traffic LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2019
Inactive or lazy Irish Times Simplex 03 Dec 2019
Wait in traffic The Washington Post 03 Dec 2019
Not working Canadiana 25 Nov 2019
Indolent The Telegraph Quick 22 Nov 2019
Run in place Newsday 21 Nov 2019
Having the day off Newsday 17 Nov 2019
Not working, taking some paid leave
Inactive The Telegraph Quick 13 Nov 2019
Kill time in insipid lecture
Unoccupied or not in use Irish Times Simplex 12 Nov 2019
Word from Old English for ''useless'' Newsday 09 Nov 2019
Revolutionary part of the panel display is not working Irish Times Crosaire 09 Nov 2019
Not busy Eugene Sheffer 09 Nov 2019
Inactive Universal 05 Nov 2019
Wait to go at the light Family Time 04 Nov 2019
Not functioning Newsday 01 Nov 2019
Twiddling one's thumbs Newsday 29 Oct 2019
Policed without cop - the type that's not working Irish Times Crosaire 26 Oct 2019
Run, but not move USA Today 23 Oct 2019
Not playing today USA Today 22 Oct 2019
Sovereign tucked into fish in lounge
Kind of mind that is "the devil's workshop"
Unoccupied or doing nothing
Not busy Thomas Joseph 17 Oct 2019
Just sitting around - it's the upsetting part of unwieldiness Irish Times Crosaire 14 Oct 2019
One widely admired vocally
At rest?
Not engaged Premier Sunday 29 Sep 2019
Not occupied The Washington Post 28 Sep 2019
Not occupied LA Times Daily 28 Sep 2019
"An ___ mind is a devil's workshop"
Doing nothing
With a lot of time on one's hands
Kind of curiosity or chatter Family Time 09 Sep 2019
Fritter away time USA Today 08 Sep 2019
Just sitting around USA Today 07 Sep 2019
Just sitting around
Not working The Washington Post 29 Aug 2019
Not working LA Times Daily 29 Aug 2019
Like a mind where a devil might set shop
Unmoving
Just hanging out USA Today 17 Aug 2019
Goofing off Thomas Joseph 17 Aug 2019
Nonproductive Newsday 15 Aug 2019
Not busy Premier Sunday 11 Aug 2019
In couch-potato mode
Unemployed daughter in French island The Sun Two Speed 03 Aug 2019
___ chatter (unimportant conversation)
Sitting Wall Street Journal 01 Aug 2019
Run at the light Family Time 29 Jul 2019
Vain and regularly indulged
Like much chitchat LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2019
Not in action USA Today 25 Jul 2019
Like much chitchat The Washington Post 25 Jul 2019
Not doing much LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2019
Not doing much The Washington Post 24 Jul 2019
Not doing anything New York Times 22 Jul 2019
Waste gas Universal 21 Jul 2019
Just sitting around Newsday 16 Jul 2019
Olive Ridley somewhat inactive
Run in place The Washington Post 14 Jul 2019
Run in place LA Times Daily 14 Jul 2019
Like someone lazing around
Not doing any work
Just sitting there USA Today 03 Jul 2019
Unoccupied, doing nothing
___ talk (irrelevant)
Not in use USA Today 30 Jun 2019
Between jobs USA Today 28 Jun 2019
Awaiting a task USA Today 24 Jun 2019
Not busy Wall Street Journal 24 Jun 2019
Run in neutral USA Today 09 Jun 2019
Just killing time
Baseless, as rumors Newsday 05 Jun 2019
Vain and regularly indulged
Ineffectual The Times Concise 02 Jun 2019
Not active or at work Irish Times Simplex 25 May 2019
Is not working with golden boy on the radio Irish Times Crosaire 24 May 2019
Insignificant Newsday 24 May 2019
Between jobs Eugene Sheffer 21 May 2019
Just hanging around Newsday 19 May 2019
Inactive The Times Concise 19 May 2019
Lazy The Telegraph Quick 14 May 2019
On the sidelines USA Today 05 May 2019
Just sitting around
Up to nothing Universal 30 Apr 2019
Sitting around Universal 27 Apr 2019
Just sitting around
Wait, as a driver at the light Family Time 22 Apr 2019
___ chatter (meaningless conversation)
Taking a break USA Today 20 Apr 2019
Hauled up inside tunnel diversion, as out of service Irish Times Crosaire 20 Apr 2019
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
I had lake drained: it's not working
Sealed bid regularly rejected as useless
___ threats (pointless and baseless)
Part of splendid lecture doesn't work Irish Times Crosaire 25 Mar 2019
Unoccupied and doing nothing
Unproductive LA Times Daily 17 Mar 2019
Unproductive The Washington Post 17 Mar 2019
Not at it Newsday 15 Mar 2019
Run without moving Universal 13 Mar 2019
Kick back Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2019
Doing nothing at all
David Letterman's content not working The Sun Two Speed 08 Mar 2019
Not doing anything
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Relaxing Newsday 08 Feb 2019
Trivial, as talk The Washington Post 07 Feb 2019
Trivial, as talk LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2019
Doing nothing
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop"
Not lifting a finger USA Today 30 Jan 2019
Inactive Premier Sunday 27 Jan 2019
Remain in neutral The Washington Post Sunday 20 Jan 2019
Not engaged Newsday 17 Jan 2019
Not in active use Family Time 13 Jan 2019
One avoiding work
Unemployed LA Times Daily 05 Jan 2019
Unemployed The Washington Post 05 Jan 2019
Pass the time New York Times 03 Jan 2019
Lazy The Times Concise 02 Jan 2019
Run in neutral
Awaiting a task
Between jobs
Like much chitchat
Not doing much
Fritter away time
Not occupied
Not working
Run in place
Trivial, as talk
Not doing anything
Pass the time
Unemployed
Just hanging out
Unproductive
Sitting around
Up to nothing
Waste gas
Without foundation
Twiddling one's thumbs
Sitting
Not busy
Kick back
At a red light, perhaps
Just sitting around
Just sitting there
On the sidelines
Taking a break
Run, but not move
Not playing today
Not lifting a finger
Not in use
Not in action
Put in neutral Universal 24 Dec 2018
Out of a job USA Today 22 Dec 2018
Twiddling one's thumbs USA Today 12 Dec 2018
Like lame threats Universal 05 Dec 2018
Unoccupied The Washington Post Sunday 02 Dec 2018
Doing nothing LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2018
Doing nothing The Washington Post 02 Dec 2018
Eric of "Monty Python" Universal 30 Nov 2018
Inactive Newsday 25 Nov 2018
Inactive or unemployed person
Unoccupied and inactive
Paid less essentially?
& 5 A feature of unemployment: Danish-led fiasco
Lazy star on the radio The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Nov 2018
Waiting for an assignment USA Today 29 Oct 2018
Why some did less?
Not active
Not busy Universal 15 Oct 2018
Not active Family Time 15 Oct 2018
"___ mind is a devil's workshop."
Not busy at the moment Family Time 08 Oct 2018
Run at a red light Family Time 07 Oct 2018
You might hear someone admired for not working
Detailed plan to protect pound is futile
Doing nothing The Telegraph Quick 01 Oct 2018
See 27 Across The Washington Post Sunday 30 Sep 2018
Not active Thomas Joseph 27 Sep 2018
Sit at a red light, say USA Today 11 Sep 2018
David Lean's content not working The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2018
Doing nothing Family Time 03 Sep 2018
Like an engine running in neutral
Doing nothing
Empty, as a threat Universal 18 Aug 2018
Running in neutral Jonesin 14 Aug 2018
Unemployed daughter visits French island
Like some rumors or threats USA Today 06 Aug 2018
Out of work, for now Family Time 05 Aug 2018
Groundless, as a threat Universal 01 Aug 2018
Running motionless Universal 27 Jul 2018
Avoiding work The Times Concise 27 Jul 2018
At rest The Washington Post 23 Jul 2018
Awaiting an assignment USA Today 11 Jul 2018
Not in operation The Washington Post 08 Jul 2018
Not in operation LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2018
Not working USA Today 06 Jul 2018
Practicing sloth Wall Street Journal 30 Jun 2018
Waiting at a light Wall Street Journal 27 Jun 2018
Unemployed Wall Street Journal 20 Jun 2018
Run while stopped Universal 16 Jun 2018
Vegging out USA Today 12 Jun 2018
Some avoid lectures, spend time doing nothing
Not engaged The Washington Post 07 Jun 2018
Not engaged LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2018
An ___ mind is a devil's workshop
Wait for the light to change Family Time 28 May 2018
Not hardworking The Telegraph Quick 28 May 2018
David Letterman in part between jobs Irish Times Crosaire 25 May 2018
Butt-on-couch Universal 23 May 2018
"An ___ mind is the devil's workshop."
Not doing much
Regularly indulge, shunning work The Telegraph Cryptic 12 May 2018
Between jobs Universal 10 May 2018
Not working New York Times 07 May 2018
Not in use
Not doing too much New York Times 21 Apr 2018
Not being used in tabloid leader The Sun Two Speed 17 Apr 2018
Far from busy USA Today 13 Apr 2018
Unused The Chronicle of Higher Education 13 Apr 2018
Lied about being unemployed
Not being used Newsday 11 Apr 2018
Between jobs Wall Street Journal 07 Apr 2018
Like a loiterer USA Today 06 Apr 2018
At a standstill Universal 06 Apr 2018
Not working at being lazy? The Sun Two Speed 30 Mar 2018
Do nothing The Sun Two Speed 30 Mar 2018
Not moving Universal 29 Mar 2018
Doing nothing and indulged, oddly The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Mar 2018
Out of work USA Today 25 Mar 2018
Python at rest The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Mar 2018
Unused New York Times 22 Mar 2018
Kind of speculation New York Times 16 Mar 2018
. Unemployed one led astray
Do nothing The Telegraph Quick 07 Mar 2018
Fatuous
Having some downtime USA Today 26 Feb 2018
Dormant The Telegraph Quick 22 Feb 2018
Sit in traffic LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2018
Sit in traffic The Washington Post 21 Feb 2018
Liberal tucked into fish and fritter
Slothful extremes of island life
Not doing anything
Just dillydallying, say
Empty, as a threat USA Today 31 Jan 2018
Unemployed superstar, by the sound of it
Wait for a green light, say New York Times 23 Jan 2018
Kind of threat
Unemployed, I had left employment originally The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jan 2018
Standing still
___ chatter (meaningless conversation)
Not doing anything
Not working
Having some downtime
Far from busy
Empty, as a threat
Awaiting an assignment
Out of a job
Sit at a red light, say
Twiddling one's thumbs
Vegging out
Waiting for an assignment
Not working
Between jobs
Practicing sloth
Unemployed
Waiting at a light
Running motionless
Run while stopped
Put in neutral
Not moving
Like lame threats
Groundless, as a threat
Eric of "Monty Python"
Empty, as a threat
Butt-on-couch
Wait for a green light, say
Unused
Not doing too much
Kind of speculation
Sit in traffic
Not in operation
Not engaged
Doing nothing
At rest
Unused
Like some rumors
Not otherwise engaged Newsday 28 Dec 2017
Not be in drive or reverse Family Time 25 Dec 2017
Mind clues missing every other letter? That's futile The Telegraph Toughie 25 Dec 2017
Just hanging around Family Time 24 Dec 2017
Not doing anything Universal 15 Dec 2017
Kind of hands that are "the devil's playthings"
Not active Universal 06 Dec 2017
Unmoving
Run without moving The Washington Post Sunday 19 Nov 2017
Lying up having day in Bora Bora? The Telegraph Toughie 15 Nov 2017
Just sitting around The Washington Post 14 Nov 2017
Just sitting around LA Times Daily 14 Nov 2017
Not going anywhere Family Time 13 Nov 2017
Not doing anything Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2017
Run in neutral Family Time 12 Nov 2017
Pointless Wall Street Journal 08 Nov 2017
At leisure The Guardian Speedy 05 Nov 2017
One starts damage limitation exercises when one has nothing better to do Irish Times Crosaire 01 Nov 2017
Not in use, or unmoving
Unmoving, like a car
Lazy brother abandoning check
Between jobs in new deli Irish Times Crosaire 06 Oct 2017
Goofing off USA Today 01 Oct 2017
Not busy The Chronicle of Higher Education 29 Sep 2017
Disengaged at the moment Newsday 21 Sep 2017
Without foundation Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2017
Run a car without moving Family Time 10 Sep 2017
Like some gossip or rumors USA Today 10 Sep 2017
Like some chatter LA Times Daily 09 Sep 2017
Like some chatter The Washington Post 09 Sep 2017
Dormant New York Times 09 Sep 2017
Killing time USA Today 09 Sep 2017
At leisure Canadiana 04 Sep 2017
___ chatter The Washington Post Sunday 03 Sep 2017
Run while standing Wall Street Journal 24 Aug 2017
Just sitting around Family Time 20 Aug 2017
Not in use, or unmoving
Currently not doing anything Family Time 06 Aug 2017
Stopping retrograde cell division is futile
Run, but go nowhere USA Today 18 Jul 2017
Not at all serious, as threats The Washington Post 17 Jul 2017
Not at all serious, as threats LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2017
Not in use, or unmoving
With nothing to do, the Spanish policeman heads north
Out of service Canadiana 03 Jul 2017
Vain hero in hearing
Not in motion
Lazy, appearing backward in fielding
Run in place Wall Street Journal 29 Jun 2017
With time for thumb-twiddling Family Time 25 Jun 2017
Lied about being out of work The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jun 2017
Just loafing around USA Today 08 Jun 2017
Monty Python alum Eric Jonesin 06 Jun 2017
Run at a red light USA Today 30 May 2017
Thing to do at a red light Universal 25 May 2017
Loafing around New York Times 24 May 2017
Just sitting there
Good-for-nothing extract of apartheid legislation Irish Times Crosaire 03 May 2017
Some paid leave for one of those out of work Irish Times Crosaire 01 May 2017
Type of chatter Family Time 01 May 2017
'Spamalot' lyricist The Washington Post 28 Apr 2017
"Spamalot" lyricist LA Times Daily 28 Apr 2017
Like loafers Wall Street Journal 27 Apr 2017
Not occupied The Telegraph Quick 25 Apr 2017
Inactive The Washington Post 23 Apr 2017
Inactive LA Times Daily 23 Apr 2017
On the sidelines LA Times Daily 19 Apr 2017
On the sidelines The Washington Post 19 Apr 2017
Keep the car warm in the driveway Universal 11 Apr 2017
Frivolous Newsday 31 Mar 2017
Vegging out Wall Street Journal 29 Mar 2017
Lay off New York Times 29 Mar 2017
Currently doing nothing Universal 24 Mar 2017
Avoiding work; lazy The Times Concise 20 Mar 2017
Not operating Wall Street Journal 16 Mar 2017
A state where the person is without purpose or is avoiding work
Not even slightly busy Universal 04 Mar 2017
Free to re-assemble slide rule sans nonsensical rules
See 41-Down Jonesin 28 Feb 2017
Not in use New York Times 22 Feb 2017
Vegging out LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2017
Goofing off The Washington Post 14 Feb 2017
Not on the schedule Universal 08 Feb 2017
Not doing anything Family Time 06 Feb 2017
Like some rumors USA Today 06 Feb 2017
Pointless Newsday 02 Feb 2017
Frivolous LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2017
Kind of threat New York Times 17 Jan 2017
It's lazy to move furtively off the top Irish Times Crosaire 13 Jan 2017
Having no work to do, some take unpaid leave The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jan 2017
Run in neutral Newsday 04 Jan 2017
Run a car without moving Universal 03 Jan 2017
Just sitting around
Inactive
"Spamalot" lyricist
Killing time
Like some gossip or rumors
Run at a red light
Run, but go nowhere
Thing to do at a red light
Run a car without moving
Not on the schedule
Not even slightly busy
Not active
Keep the car warm in the driveway
Currently doing nothing
Doing nothing
Goofing off
Just loafing around
Not busy
Dormant
Kind of threat
Lay off
Loafing around
Not in use
On the sidelines
Not at all serious, as threats
Like some chatter
Just lying around USA Today 31 Dec 2016
Far from busy Universal 30 Dec 2016
Lazy type of celebrity reports Irish Times Crosaire 29 Dec 2016
At leisure Newsday 25 Dec 2016
Leaning on one's shovel, perhaps The Washington Post 22 Dec 2016
Needing something to do Universal 22 Dec 2016
Pointless New York Times 14 Dec 2016
Like a couch potato The Chronicle of Higher Education 09 Dec 2016
Running, or not? Wall Street Journal 29 Nov 2016
Twiddling one's thumbs The Chronicle of Higher Education 25 Nov 2016
Sitting around doing nothing LA Times Daily 22 Nov 2016
Enjoying a day off The Washington Post 16 Nov 2016
Not employed LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2016
Goofing off New York Times 14 Nov 2016
Eric of "Monty Python" LA Times Daily 14 Nov 2016
Just sitting, say LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2016
Just hanging around USA Today 08 Nov 2016
Unemployed paid less at the centre
Not doing much of anything LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2016
'___ hands are the devil's playthings' New York Times 24 Oct 2016
In couch-potato mode LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2016
Regularly find clue that's unused
Off LA Times Daily 08 Oct 2016
Take it easy New York Times 06 Oct 2016
Hanging out, say LA Times Daily 25 Sep 2016
Useless object of worship? Sounds like it
Nonproductive Jonesin 13 Sep 2016
Reluctant to work The Telegraph Quick 08 Sep 2016
Wasting time USA Today 05 Sep 2016
Insignificant, as gossip USA Today 31 Aug 2016
Chilling out The Washington Post 22 Aug 2016
Lounging around USA Today 16 Aug 2016
Be in neutral Family Time 14 Aug 2016
Like many rumors Family Time 01 Aug 2016
Kind of chat New York Times 28 Jul 2016
Between activities Universal 26 Jul 2016
Not engaged, say Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2016
Keep the car running Universal 06 Jul 2016
Unoccupied LA Times Daily 06 Jul 2016
While (away) Newsday 25 Jun 2016
Thumb-twiddling The Washington Post 22 Jun 2016
Wait at the light Universal 19 Jun 2016
On break, say USA Today 14 Jun 2016
Jobless indulged from time to time
Sit at a red light Family Time 13 Jun 2016
Jobless indulged from time to time The Guardian Cryptic 13 Jun 2016
Run in neutral Wall Street Journal 03 Jun 2016
Loafing Newsday 29 May 2016
Unproductive Wall Street Journal 27 May 2016
"Spamalot" co-creator Eric Universal 27 May 2016
Unengaged Wall Street Journal 25 May 2016
Report of star not working The Telegraph Cryptic 19 May 2016
On a break LA Times Daily 16 May 2016
Not doing anything USA Today 11 May 2016
Insignificant, as chatter Family Time 09 May 2016
Sitting around The Washington Post 30 Apr 2016
Lied in order to be lazy The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Apr 2016
Python stands up during panel discussion
Lying about The Washington Post 13 Apr 2016
Twiddling one's thumbs Wall Street Journal 11 Apr 2016
This compiler had the Spanish over while away The Telegraph Toughie 08 Apr 2016
Like some chatter or threats LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2016
Run in neutral The Washington Post 23 Mar 2016
Doing nothing Wall Street Journal 22 Mar 2016
Do little turn over
Just lying around The Washington Post 15 Mar 2016
Unoccupied The Guardian Speedy 13 Mar 2016
Run at the light Universal 10 Mar 2016
Just hanging around LA Times Daily 08 Mar 2016
On the sidelines Newsday 03 Mar 2016
Empty, as threats LA Times Daily 24 Feb 2016
In couch-potato mode USA Today 24 Feb 2016
Just chillin' Newsday 14 Feb 2016
Not working The Telegraph Quick 13 Feb 2016
Between tasks The Washington Post 12 Feb 2016
Twiddle one's thumbs The Chronicle of Higher Education 05 Feb 2016
I would pick up the French between jobs Irish Times Crosaire 27 Jan 2016
Run in neutral Jonesin 26 Jan 2016
Out of action The Washington Post 26 Jan 2016
Unemployed star on radio The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Jan 2016
Do nothing New York Times 13 Jan 2016
Wait for a green light Wall Street Journal 07 Jan 2016
Sit at a four-way stop, say LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2016
Like some chatter
Lounging around
Not doing anything
On break, say
Wasting time
Like a couch potato
Twiddle one's thumbs
Twiddling one's thumbs
Just lying around
Eric of "Monty Python"
Hanging out, say
In couch-potato mode
Not doing much of anything
On a break
Sit at a four-way stop, say
Sitting around doing nothing
Unoccupied
Take it easy
Pointless
Kind of chat
Goofing off
Do nothing
"___ hands are the devil's playthings"
"Spamalot" co-creator Eric
Between activities
Far from busy
Keep the car running
Needing something to do
Wait for a green light
Just hanging around
Not in use The Washington Post 30 Dec 2015
Not doing much Universal 24 Dec 2015
Between jobs LA Times Daily 18 Dec 2015
Not being used The Washington Post 15 Dec 2015
Doing zip Eugene Sheffer 12 Dec 2015
Out of a job New York Times 07 Dec 2015
Find clue with odd parts missing? That's useless
Like some rumors Universal 28 Nov 2015
Like some chatter USA Today 22 Nov 2015
Kind of talk Universal 08 Nov 2015
Run without moving USA Today 03 Nov 2015
Not working today Newsday 03 Nov 2015
Doing nothing New York Times 27 Oct 2015
Find clue with odd parts missing? That's useless
Like some threats Universal 08 Oct 2015
Far from frantic The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Oct 2015
Doing nothing Thomas Joseph 24 Sep 2015
Eric of Monty Python USA Today 24 Sep 2015
Not busy at all Newsday 22 Sep 2015
Having nothing to do Universal 22 Sep 2015
Not working Eugene Sheffer 26 Aug 2015
Groundless, as rumors USA Today 26 Aug 2015
Unproductive Newsday 19 Aug 2015
Out of work LA Times Daily 12 Aug 2015
Loitering, say Newsday 09 Aug 2015
On a break, say LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2015
Be inactive Premier Sunday 19 Jul 2015
''Spamalot'' lyricist Newsday 18 Jul 2015
Not going anywhere Universal 07 Jun 2015
I kept retiring without husband, which is pointless
Having a day off New York Times 06 Jun 2015
Mike Fielding holds back The Telegraph Toughie 03 Jun 2015
Sit in neutral Premier Sunday 31 May 2015
Keep the engine running USA Today 30 May 2015
Run without moving LA Times Daily 28 May 2015
Oddly indulged unemployed The Telegraph Cryptic 28 May 2015
Like some threats USA Today 18 May 2015
___ talk New York Times 10 May 2015
Leave in neutral USA Today 08 May 2015
Lollygag New York Times 07 May 2015
Sovereign tucked into fish in lounge
Wait to drag race USA Today 20 Apr 2015
Disliking work, I must get led astray
Nothing doing? USA Today 17 Apr 2015
I would pick-up the French between jobs Irish Times Crosaire 14 Apr 2015
At rest Canadiana 13 Apr 2015
Sitting on one's hands USA Today 09 Apr 2015
Onetime Palin collaborator LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2015
Dillydally Newsday 29 Mar 2015
Like some hands Universal 10 Mar 2015
Inactive USA Today 10 Mar 2015
Built deli as wasn't working Irish Times Crosaire 19 Feb 2015
Standing by Newsday 06 Feb 2015
Internet chat status New York Times 05 Feb 2015
On a break Newsday 30 Jan 2015
In couch-potato mode Universal 26 Jan 2015
Lounging around Newsday 25 Jan 2015
Purposeless Newsday 23 Jan 2015
Wait for a light Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2015
Lazy, appearing backward in fielding The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jan 2015
India's Dravid initially at short leg with nothing to do The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jan 2015
Workshy The Telegraph Quick 15 Jan 2015
Panel discussion is about return of jobless The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jan 2015
Eric of Monty Python
Inactive
Standing by
Sitting around
Not working
Not in operation
Like some rock star threats
Not being used
Sit in neutral
Be inactive
Dillydally
Doing nothing
Inactive
Just sitting around
Loitering, say
Lounging around
Not busy at all
Not doing anything
Not working today
Monty Python alumnus
Empty, as talk
Doing nothing
Keep the engine running
Leave in neutral
Like some threats
___ talk
Out of a job
Lollygag
Internet chat status
Having a day off
Doing nothing
On a break
Purposeless
Senseless
Standing by
Onetime Palin collaborator
"Spamalot" lyricist
Far from frantic
Having nothing to do
In couch-potato mode
Kind of talk
Like some hands
Not doing much
Nothing doing?
Run without moving
Up to little
Not up to much
Not in use
Sitting on one's hands
Unproductive
Shiftless
Baseless
Wait to drag race
Between jobs
On a break, say
Onetime Palin collaborator
Out of work
Run without moving
Groundless, as rumors
One not working x
Workshy bunch withdrawn in panel discussion
Unemployed member of comedy team
20 Part of grid left unoccupied
Not used to work I get led away
In bed maybe edges across between the covers
Not working, one on dole lacking nothing!
Pointless role model, allegedly
Not working, one on dole lacking nothing!
Away from a chat program, say
Twiddling one's thumbs
Pointless
Not busy
Insignificant
Goofing off
Going nowhere
At leisure
Wait curbside, often
Be in neutral
Inactive
Not even part-time
Out of a job
Vegging out
See 77-Down
Between jobs
Useless, as chatter
Sit at a red light
In a hammock, maybe
Like a couch potato
Not lifting a finger
Nothing doing?
Meaningless
"Spamalot" creator Eric
Between activities
Off from work
Furloughed
Like some hands or threats
Inactive
Eric of "Spamalot"
Without basis
Marking time
Baseless
Like some chatter
Not doing much
Without work
Run in place
Vegging out
Monty Python performer
Not being used
Not in use
Like hands, when not rocking
At a standstill
Kind of speculation
Not active
Not doing much of anything
Like band between albums, perhaps
Baseless, as a threat
Insignificant, as chatter
Not in drive or reverse
Not doing much right now
Nothing doing?
Sit at a red light
"Spamalot" co-creator
Gathering dust
Sit in neutral
Member of comedy team / not working
Not moving
Sit in traffic
Like chitchat
Vegging out
Not going
"Monty Python" troupe member
"Spamalot" creator Eric
At leisure
Gathering dust
Not engaged
Insignificant, as chatter
Like chitchat
Run in place
Wait for the green
Have the car running in place
At rest
Sit in traffic, say
Lazy
With time to kill
Without work
Goofing off
Groundless
Just hanging around
Just lying around
Do nothing
Not currently occupied
Stay neutral?
Lazy
Useless
Word with "gossip" or "chatter"
Like a loafer
On hiatus
Potentially going into screen saver mode
Thumb-twiddling
Word before gossip or chatter
Between gigs
Not in motion
Like a layabout
Not going
On hiatus
Between positions
Inactive
Like a bump on a log
Run while standing still
Just hanging out
Gathering dust
This isn't working?
Just hanging around
Not being used
With time to kill
Just hanging out
Like a bump on a log
Paid less — lacking pass, not working
Wait for a light, perhaps
Nothing-doing?
Monty Python's Eric
Dilly-dallying
What Oasis stressed "The Importance of Being"
Oasis "The Importance of Being ___"
Inactive Tool song?
Sitting on one's hands
Not active
Empty, as talk
Barely run the engine
Out of work
Word before "gossip" or "chatter"
Run while stopped
Run at the light
Doing plenty of nothing
Run a car in neutral
Warming the bench, maybe
Warming the bench, maybe
Dilly-dallying
Causing a screen saver to start
All the unemployed and some of the rich
Park with the engine running
Leave the engine running
Laid off
Word with "gossip" or "chatter"
Sit at a light
Sitting around
Not busy
Nonproductive
Just sitting there
Going nowhere
Waiting for an assignment
Not in use
Not employed
Not active
No longer working
Between jobs
Between engagements
Wait for a light, perhaps
Vegging out
Sitting around
Not working
Not busy
Nonproductive
Just sitting there
Just sitting around
Inactive
Going nowhere
Not very active
Out of action
Just sitting there
Enjoy the hammock
At leisure
Not in use
Just lying around
Frivolous
Not doing anything
"___ hands are the devil's tools"
Wait for the start of the drag race
Save the V-8 juice?
Baseless
Chilling, say
Kill time
On break, say
Unemployed
Far from busy
Not working
Sitting it out
Wait for the start of a drag race
Just sitting
Wait curbside, e.g.
Between chores
Wait for the light to change
Not scheduled to play
At leisure
What a getaway car may be waiting in
Enjoying some downtime
Like many rumors
Loaf
Not doing much of anything
Not engaged
Off the job
Out of action
Sit in traffic
Unengaged
Sit in traffic
Without purpose
Like a slacker between albums
Wait at the light
Loafing
Unoccupied
Run without moving
Member of Cleese and Chapman's cohort
Between assignments
Type of curiosity or speculation
What a successful rocker can be?
Run a car in neutral
Not playing
Sitting by
Empty
Like doodling
Empty
Like doodling
Like hands co-opted by the Devil?
Not doing anything
Run in place
Sans employment
Unoccupied
Like hands co-opted by the Devil?
Like many rumors
Keep the engine running in park
Keep the engine running
Groundless, as rumors
Doing nothing
Barely run, as an engine
Not doing anything
Sans employment
"Spamalot" lyricist Eric
Monty Python member and composer Eric
Just hanging, so to speak
On break
Between gigs
Between assignments
At a standstill
"___ hands are the devil's tools"
Resting
Goofing off
Not active
Run at a red light?
Sitting around
Like some threats
Just sitting around
Pink-slip
Potentially going into screen saver mode
Pointless
What a getaway car may be waiting in
Goofing off
Not active
Not engaged
Run at a red light?
Sit in traffic
Fritter away time
Without work
In mothballs
Wait for the green light
Run in place
Like some gossip or hands
Just hanging out
Just sitting
Far from busy
Loafing
Not busy
Run in neutral
Just hanging, so to speak
Between jobs
Between gigs
"___ hands are the devil's tools"
Not up to anything
Nonworking
Lounging
Off
Unoccupied
Dormant
Hanging out, say
Like a couch potato
Run in a traffic jam?
Loaf at work
Be a layabout
Loaf at work
At rest
Between tasks
Twiddling one's thumbs
Unemployed
Up to nothing
Lying around
Unfounded, as gossip
Unengaged
Having no basis
Doing nada
Not doing much
Dormant
Like a couch potato
Run in a traffic jam?
Trivial, as chatter
Type of curiosity
Stay in neutral
Trivial, as chatter
Sitting on one's hands
Run without moving
On the couch
With 110-Down, they're said to be 'the devil's workshop'
At leisure
Not in action
Doing plenty of nothing
Not busy
"At liberty," to performers
Twiddling one's thumbs
Run in place
Out of work
On one's duff
Not in operation
Wait for the light
Like some threats
No longer working
Just loafing
Sitting around
Vegging out
Type of curiosity
Fallow
Stagnate
Python named Eric
Inactive
Like some rumors
Twiddling one's thumbs
Like some threats
Pal of Palin
Run while stopped
Just twiddling one's thumbs
Unemployed
Wait for green
At rest
Dillydally
Not productive
Wait for the light to change
Sit at a red light
Not in use
Not in gear
Like some threats
At rest
Vain
Lazing
Do-nothing
Unoccupied?
Doing nothing
Out of action
Nothing-doing?
Barely run, as an engine
Like hands the devil uses
Not scheduled to compete
Not playing
Like some hands
Like some chatter
Cleese cohort
Going nowhere
"___ hands are the devil's tools"
Doing nothing
Be in neutral
Cause a screen saver to start
Vegging out
Without basis
Doing zip
Wait for the light to change
Gathering dust
Sit at a red light
Not in use
Jobless
Out of work
Not active
Just twiddling one's thumbs
Like inconsequential talk
Like some thoughts
Not in gear
Like some threats
Just sitting around
Unfounded, as gossip
Like some threats
Monty Python member
Out of work
Off-line, perhaps
Between jobs
Lay off
Like some threats
Sit at a light
Run out of gear
Shiftless
Wait at the light
Type of chatter
Sit in traffic
Gathering dust, e.g.
Still
Onetime cohort of Cleese, Palin et al.
Wait in neutral
Not active
Like a flâneur
Hanging, so to speak
Frivolous
Just sitting
Loafing
Trifling
Unproductive
Run out of gear
Onetime cohort of Cleese, Palin et al.
Neutral state?
Monty Python troupe member
Like inconsequential talk
Insignificant, as gossip
Hanging around
Gathering dust, so to speak
Do nothing
Baseless
Slothful
Sitting on one's hands
Gathering dust
Comedian Eric
Neutral state?
Monty Python troupe member
Marking time
Like inconsequential talk
Insignificant, as gossip
Hanging around
Gathering dust, so to speak
Do nothing
Baseless
Not working
Marking time
Spamalot creator
"Spamalot" creator
While away
Unoccupied
Cleese's cohort, once
Keep the car warm
Not up to much
Run in neutral, perhaps
Up to nothing
Taking it easy
Not playing today
Monty Python member
Lazing about
Gathering dust
Run, but go nowhere
Out of work, e.g.
Not in operation
Groundless, as speculation
Between engagements
At rest
Like some threats
Like chatter, perhaps
"Nuns on the Run" star
Baseless
Daydreaming, say
Lying fallow
On the shelf
Not playing
Like gossip
Furloughed
Between engagements
Harmless, as threats
Not working
Between jobs
"Tears, ___ tears, I know not what they mean": Tennyson
Displaying a screen saver
On one's keister
Twiddling one's thumbs
Like some rumors
Like a couch potato
Run in neutral
Like some hands
Run in neutral
Eric who wrote the book for "Spamalot"
Not working
"Spamalot" creator Eric
Like some chatter
Like some rumors
Not occupied
On break, say
Kicked back
"Spamalot" creator Eric
Like some rumors
Loafing
Loitering, e.g.
Loafing
Asleep, say
Loitering, e.g.
Frivolous
Run in neutral
Out of work
Run in park
Lounging
Not in action
At rest
Run in neutral
Not in operation
Veg out
Unemployed
Not being used
Unemployed
Run in neutral
Nothing-doing?
Type of chatter
Harmless, as threats
Emulate a couch potato
Just chilling
Indolent
Frequent Cleese co-star
Waste time
Run without moving
Run without moving, as a car
Without work
Like some thoughts
On strike
Comedic actor Eric
Between assignments
Unemployed
Waiting around
Wait at the stoplight
Having time on one's hands
Out of action
Not in use
Lounge
Meaningless
Just lying around
Inactive
Hang out
Between engagements
Between gigs
Kind of chatter
At rest
Run without moving, as a car
Unfounded, as gossip
Wait curbside
Kicking back
Not doing much
Waiting
Without work
Of no significance
Lazy
Sit at a stoplight
Harmless, as threats
Harmless, as threats
Unfounded, as rumors
Like a couch potato
Just hanging around
Shelved
Just lying around
Wait for the green
Not up to much
Stagnating
Not in operation
Wait in the car
Not in use
Unmeaningful
Lying fallow
Like a couch potato
Just lying around
Inactive
Eric of Monty Python
"Monty Python" trouper
Just twiddling one's thumbs
Having time on one's hands
Eric of Monty Python
Taking a break from work
Monty Python member Eric
Vain
Of no importance
Marking time
Hanging around
In between tasks
Not in gear
At rest
Eric of Monty Python fame
Word with gossip or chatter
Inactive
Doing nothing
Baseless
Resting
Just twiddling one's thumbs
Like someone taking five
Like some chatter
Like a couch potato
Just hanging around
Not in production
Like some rumors
Wait in the car
In neutral
Gathering dust
Nonworking
Cleese colleague
Frivolous
Baseless
Run in place
Run in neutral
Run at a red light
"Monty Python" regular
Wait while running?
Monty Python's Eric
Sit in neutral
Run in place
Lounge
Eric of Monty Python
Enjoying the life of Riley
At a standstill
Unfounded, as gossip
Run out of gear
Run out of gear?
Eric of Monty Python
At liberty
Hanging around
At rest
Mark time
Run while disengaged
Run out of gear?
Like one who's taking five
Eric of Monty Python
"As ___ as a painted ship ...": Coleridge
Between assignments
Doing nothing
Run without moving
Loafing
Sit in traffic
Not scheduled to play
Kind of curiosity
Thumb-twiddling
Not busy
Unused
Groundless
Unproductive
Just twiddling the thumbs
Like some chatter
Stay in neutral
Kicked back
At liberty
At a standstill
At a standsfill
Knock about
Out of action
Not operative
Go nowhere
Fallow
Not doing anything
Between gigs
At leisure
Unfounded
Kill time
Not active
Keep the pedal off the metal
Unproductive
Wait curbside
Lounging about
At liberty
Without work
Run without moving
Out of action
Not operating
Run in neutral
Without basis
Putter
Wait curbside, often
See 61-Across
Of no use
Not working
Not operating
Thumb-twiddling
Inactive
Between assignments
Vain
Actor Eric of "Monty Python"
On strike
Still
Off-duty
Unproductive
Laid off
Kind of talk
Indolent
Hanging around
Just sitting there
Like much chatter
Run in place?
Respond to a red light
Casual
Lay off
Run while standing
Off
Not engaged
Leave in neutral
Wait for the light
Wait for the green light
Not lifting a finger
Monty Python's Eric
Cleese cohort
Eric of Monty Python
Like an ineffective threat
Mothballed
On strike
Out of action
Unemployed
Run in neutral
Kind of hands that are "the devil's playthings"
Not employed
Like some chitchat
Be a layabout
Wait for a light
Laid off
Run in park
Barely run, as an engine
Stagnating
Not going anywhere
Run in place?
Regularly find clues not working
Papers maybe left alongside entrance to executive lounge
Unoccupied?
Wait for a light
Not engaged
Cleese colleague
Eric of Monty Python
Kind of curiosity
Not playing
Run without moving
Unfounded
Turned off
Be in neutral
See 18 Across
Obey a stop sign
Unfounded, as rumors
Just lying around
Empty
Aimless
Like much gossip
In mothballs
Island valley, not area offering no fruit?
___ curiosity
Goof off
Wait at the red light
Unoccupied?
Like some fears
Off, in a way
Just plain lazy
Not up to anything
Killing time
Not in use
Twiddling one's thumbs
Vegetating
Lazy
Unused
Thumb-twiddling
Still
Sitting on one's hands
Not at work
Going nowhere
Inactive
Save the V-8 juice?
Like some fears
Killing time
Off the job
Put in neutral
In neutral
Keep the engine running
Run at the curb
Run at the light
Insignificant, as chatter
Like some rumors
Out of work
In neutral
Not in operation
Wait at the light
Dawdle
Lazy
Not working
While away
Mothballed
See 16 Across
Just hanging around
Kind of talk
At rest
In neutral
Futile
Not moving
Lazing about
On the shelf
Out of action
Not going anywhere
Just sitting there
Kill time
Not occupied
Shiftless
Not in operation
Hang out
At liberty
Shut down
Not at work
Run in neutral
Run but go nowhere
Laze
Hang around
Turned off
Aimless
Unused
"Monty Python" troupe member
Type of chatter
"Monty Python" regular
Eric of "Monty Python"
Unoccupied
Fruitless
Faineant
Fainéant
Useless
Twiddling thumbs
Vain
Worthless
Between engagements
"Trivolous"
Not kept busy
Monty Python's Eric ___
Lazy Eric?
Another 2 Down
Recumbent
Futile
"Monty Python" star
Otiose
Slothful
Run a car in neutral
An anagram for deli
Unavailing
In between jobs
Like a groundless rumor
Auto mechanic's concern
Gainless
Motionless
Relaxing
Run but go nowhere
Nonworking
Truant
Like "a painted ship upon a painted ocean"
Without a job
Jobless
Kind of chatter
Loaf
Lallygag
Kind of rumor
Laze
Like Coleridge's "painted ship"
Hanging around
Not functioning
Without worth
Not in gear
At liberty
Like a MOMA ship
Shiftless
Like a ship at the Tate
Like a "painted ship"
Run in neutral gear
Recumbent or truant
Shiftless; slothful
Not in harness
"As ___ as a painted ship . . . "
Aimless; pointless
Leisured
Word for the rich
Kind of fancy
Lazy
Ineffective
Type of gear or pulley
Type of rumor
Wasted
___ rich
Move slowly
Waste time
Kind of thoughts
Like a drone
Operate leisurely.
Fainéant.
Ineffective.
Inoperative.
Without basis.
Taking one's ease.
Dally.
Baseless.
At liberty.
Between jobs.
At a standstill.
Frivolous.
Not busy.
Lacking worth.
Leading to nothing.
Taking it easy.
Trivial.
Unused.
Pointless.
Useless.
Trifling.
Not occupied.
Not in use.
Faineant.
Dillydally.
Futile.
Without worth.
Nonworking.
Nonproductive.
Unfounded
Loll about.
Inconsequential
Unoccupied.
Lazy.
Worthless.
Gathering dust
Loaf.
Fritter (away).
Inactive.
At rest.
Dally
Unfounded.
Doing nothing.
Not working.
Leisured.
Vain.
Fruitless.
Empty.
Adjective for the rich.
Purposeless.
Not used.
Between engagements.
Not employed.
Waste time.
Groundless.
Twiddling one's thumbs.
Profitless.
Like a "painted ship upon a painted ocean."
Waiting for work.
Run slowly, as a motor.
In the theatre, at liberty.
On the sidelines.
Doing squat
Slothful.
At ease
Otiant.
Unemployed.
Out of a job.
Waste.
Ineffectual.
Not engaged.
Like some hands.
At leisure.
Unbusy.
Word with curiosity or speculation
Doing nothing
Waiting at a stoplight, probably
Wait at the red light
Sitting around
See 41-Across
Just sitting
Going nowhere, not fast
Turn gently, as a motor.
"___ as a painted ship."
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