| Cat you might take in |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2026 |
| Lost cat or dog |
Commuter |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Wander away |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Many a shelter animal |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Animal that may become a rescue pet |
Universal |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Homeless dog (5) |
Mirror Classic |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Go off the path |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Wander |
Universal |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Go off course |
Universal |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Err; homeless cat, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Cat in need of a home, perhaps |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Wander from the correct path (5) |
Mirror Classic |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Wander off |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Get sidetracked |
Commuter |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Homeless animal, a ... dog |
|
|
| Wander off, for example, after rounding turn at odd points (5) |
|
|
| Wander away |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Get sidetracked |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Homeless pet |
The Times Concise |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Wander about with trays (5) |
|
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| Like a vagabond boy on the street (5) |
|
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| Shelter animal, maybe |
Universal |
24 May 2025 |
| Abandoned craft raised via vacant slipway |
|
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| Domestic animal that has wandered away (5) |
|
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| The odd street light out of place? (5) |
|
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| Cat without an owner, e.g. |
|
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| Wander from the group |
New York Times |
05 May 2025 |
| Wander |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 May 2025 |
| Wander off with small platter (5) |
|
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| Wander off the path |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Homeless cat, say |
|
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| Many a shelter rescue |
|
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| Saint Raymond the Wanderer |
|
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| Cat in need of a home, maybe |
Universal |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Wander off, but remain round river (5) |
|
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| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Pound pup |
|
|
| Animal without a home, say |
|
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| Go off course |
Commuter |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Adoptable cat |
|
|
| Wander off |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Type of animal that needs a home |
Family Time |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Wander away |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Aztec Camera go off course a bit with this album (5) |
|
|
| Wander from a direct or straight course (5) |
|
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| Go off course, say about two-fifths of a metre (5) |
|
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| ____ Cats, US rockabilly band |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Wander haphazardly |
Mirror Classic |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Sweet lost wee boy: a waif (5) |
|
|
| Deviate (from) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Rescue dog, perhaps |
Commuter |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Street light is made to go off |
|
|
| Leave the straight and narrow |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Don't go right inside. You'll get lost (5) |
|
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| Many an alley cat |
|
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| Street light out of place (5) |
|
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| Potential rescue pet |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Go off course |
Commuter |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Candidate for a trap neuter program |
|
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| Say "Going outside. Right back," and wander off (5) |
|
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| Deviate from the program |
|
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| '***** Cats', rockabilly band formed in 1979 whose vocalist is Brian Setzer (5) |
|
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| Wander from the flock |
Universal |
27 Sep 2024 |
| The odd street light? (5) |
|
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| Homeless dog |
|
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| Cheat, so to speak |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Lost art turned up in the outskirts of Shirley? (5) |
|
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| Dogcatcher's target |
Family Time |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Adoptee, at times |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Homeless cat or dog (5) |
Puzzler |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Wander off the path |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Wander off |
Universal |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Incidental |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Wander |
The Telegraph Mini |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Remain around river or wander (5) |
|
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| Support king had and lost |
|
|
| Wander away |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Wayward |
Commuter |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Remain about right, but wander (5) |
|
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| Wander in street with beam of light (5) |
|
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| Nobody's cat |
|
|
| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
18 May 2024 |
| Wander away from the given path (5) |
|
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| Cat you can take in |
|
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| This is a homeless dog (5) |
|
|
| Wander off the path |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Wander off ___ say about two fifths of a metre (5) |
|
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| Saint Raymond, briefly known to wander (5) |
|
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| Homeless cat, say |
|
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| Get lost with small vessel (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Wander off, turning on the light (5) |
|
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| _ Cats (5) |
|
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| Digress |
Commuter |
25 Mar 2024 |
| ___ Cats (band with the 1980s hit "Rock This Town") |
|
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| Street light to go off (5) |
|
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| Animal without a home, say |
|
|
| Street light to go off |
|
|
| Wander off |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Wander off |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Wander off path |
|
|
| Collarless dog, maybe |
|
|
| Wander away from the street light (5) |
|
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| Street light out of its proper place? |
|
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| Wander afield |
|
|
| Lose direction (5) |
|
|
| Go off the path |
Commuter |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Go off course |
Universal |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Check around river for homeless animal (5) |
|
|
| Check around river for homeless animal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Small dish for a cat |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Err |
Mirror Quick |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Wander |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Homeless dog |
Mirror Classic |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Homeless domestic animal |
|
|
| Wander away |
Commuter |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Remain around river not in the right place (5) |
|
|
| Wander off |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2023 |
| Wander off |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Many a shelter dog |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Wander off |
Universal |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Wander off course |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Homeless animal |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 May 2023 |
| Leave the path |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2023 |
| Many a pet shelter pet, at one point |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Homeless animal |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Like a homeless animal |
|
|
| Wander off |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Alley cat |
Family Time |
27 Nov 2022 |
| Right time to turn back during eg ramble |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Wander off the path |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Go off the trail |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Wander away |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Ownerless pet |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Wander around section of pricey art shop |
|
|
| Move away from the group |
Family Time |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Wander off course |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Veer off course? |
|
|
| Go off course |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2022 |
| Homeless dog or cat |
Universal |
15 May 2022 |
| Err |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2022 |
| Like a kitten in need of adoption? |
|
|
| Wander off |
Newsday |
09 May 2022 |
| Go off course |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Wander away from the right path unintentionally |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Many a pound adoptee |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Many a pound adoptee |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Animal shelter resident |
|
|
| Wander off course |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Deviate from the course |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2021 |
| ___ Kids, K-pop boy group with the hit "Thunderous" |
|
|
| See 34-Down |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Dogcatcher's catch |
Family Time |
16 May 2021 |
| Go wandering and find accommodation across river |
|
|
| Wander off course |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Keep protecting Republican? Get lost! |
|
|
| Get off topic |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Get off topic |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Casual visit around centre of Liverpool |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Right to block postponement? Get lost |
|
|
| Wandering animal |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Wander off |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Wander off |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Scattered |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Digress; wayward |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Alley cat, for example |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Err, wander |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Wander off |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Be unfaithful |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Like a homeless dog |
|
|
| Shelter adoptee, perhaps |
USA Today |
31 May 2020 |
| Wander off |
USA Today |
16 May 2020 |
| Go off course |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Dogcatcher's prey |
Family Time |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Homeless dog |
|
|
| Wander in street with just a bit of light |
|
|
| Digress |
Universal |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Wander off |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2019 |
| Wander off |
|
|
| Go afield |
|
|
| Go afield |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Deviate |
The Washington Post |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Deviate |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Like a homeless dog |
|
|
| Potential rescue |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2019 |
| Candidate for adoption |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Pickup by the pound? |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Alley cat, e.g |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Go off course |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Wander off from a group |
|
|
| Pound inhabitant |
Universal |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Homeless dog |
|
|
| Potential rescue |
|
|
| Pound inhabitant |
|
|
| Alley cat, e.g. |
|
|
| Candidate for adoption |
|
|
| Pickup by the pound? |
|
|
| Deviate |
|
|
| Get sidetracked |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Separated from a group, like a dog on a street |
|
|
| Leave the path |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Dogcatcher's catch |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Err, but remain outside right |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Digress |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2018 |
| Shelter adoptee |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2018 |
| Wander |
Universal |
05 May 2018 |
| Veer, remain right inside |
|
|
| Wander |
The Times Concise |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Get sidetracked |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Leave the path |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2018 |
| Part of a pound? |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2018 |
| 2022 adventure game that follows a cat who is lost in a post-apocalyptic world |
|
|
| Drift |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Shelter adoptee |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Get sidetracked |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's catch |
|
|
| Part of a pound? |
|
|
| Drift |
|
|
| Wander from the path |
The Washington Post |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Wander from the path |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Wander off |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2017 |
| Wander off course |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2017 |
| Alley cat |
Canadiana |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Good candidate for adoption |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2017 |
| Get off the beaten path |
Universal |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Wander from the path |
|
|
| Get off the beaten path |
|
|
| Good candidate for adoption |
|
|
| Wander off |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Go off the path |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2016 |
| Wander away |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Errant |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Animal shelter arrival |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Homeless dog revealed by street light |
|
|
| Go off the trail |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Leave the flock |
Universal |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Digress |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Wander off |
Universal |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Shelter dog |
Universal |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Shelter dog |
|
|
| Animal shelter arrival |
|
|
| Errant |
|
|
| Back-alley cat, e.g |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Go off on a tangent |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Wander |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Pound resident |
Universal |
31 Mar 2015 |
| Animal shelter animal |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2015 |
| Get sidetracked |
|
|
| Go off on a tangent |
|
|
| Pound resident |
|
|
| Animal shelter animal |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Back-alley cat, e.g. |
|
|
| Leave the trail |
|
|
| Dog found in the pound |
|
|
| Cowpuncher's worry |
|
|
| Waif |
|
|
| Rescue dog, perhaps |
|
|
| Occurring as an isolated instance |
|
|
| Wander away |
|
|
| Wander away |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Cattle drive concern |
|
|
| Get sidetracked |
|
|
| Wander off the path |
|
|
| Like many adopted puppies |
|
|
| Leave the path |
|
|
| Move away from the crowd |
|
|
| Rescued one, hopefully |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Wander off course |
|
|
| Range rover |
|
|
| Wander off course |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Range rover |
|
|
| Homeless cat |
|
|
| Potential pet |
|
|
| Veer off the beaten path |
|
|
| It may be impounded |
|
|
| Wander off the path |
|
|
| Pickup for a pound |
|
|
| Pound dog |
|
|
| Alley cat, e.g. |
|
|
| Abandoned pet |
|
|
| Wander away |
|
|
| Incidental |
|
|
| Pickup for a pound |
|
|
| Alley cat, e.g. |
|
|
| ___ Cats |
|
|
| Take the scenic route |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's pickup |
|
|
| Lost calf |
|
|
| Ranch wanderer |
|
|
| Wandering animal |
|
|
| Leave the beaten path |
|
|
| Shelter adoptee |
|
|
| Ranch wanderer |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's pickup |
|
|
| Prospective adoptee |
|
|
| Wander yonder? |
|
|
| Leave the straight and narrow |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Homeless animal |
|
|
| Abandoned pet |
|
|
| It's weighed by the pound |
|
|
| "___ Cat Strut" (1983 hit) |
|
|
| Homeless animal |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Get off the beaten path |
|
|
| Sheepdog's target |
|
|
| Maverick |
|
|
| Pound impound |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Alley cat, perhaps |
|
|
| It's weighed by the pound |
|
|
| Go away from the fold |
|
|
| Dog pound dog |
|
|
| It may be rounded up in a roundup |
|
|
| Random |
|
|
| Go off the path |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Homeless animal |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Lost dog |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's quarry |
|
|
| Leave the pack |
|
|
| Errant |
|
|
| Abandoned pet |
|
|
| Go off |
|
|
| Many a cat lover's acquisition |
|
|
| Shepherd's concern |
|
|
| Alley cat |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Leave the straight and narrow |
|
|
| Leave the flock |
|
|
| Leave the trail |
|
|
| It may be rounded up in a roundup |
|
|
| Dogie |
|
|
| Pound prospect |
|
|
| ___ Cats ("Rock This Town" group) |
|
|
| Alley cat, perhaps |
|
|
| Alley cat |
|
|
| Alley denizen |
|
|
| Meander |
|
|
| Scattered |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's quarry, at times |
|
|
| Alley cat |
|
|
| Alley denizen |
|
|
| Meander |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's quarry |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Adoptee, perhaps |
|
|
| Maverick |
|
|
| Pound dog |
|
|
| Go off course |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's quarry |
|
|
| Get off the moral track |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Adoptee, perhaps |
|
|
| Leave the flock |
|
|
| Not stay on the path |
|
|
| Pound dog |
|
|
| Get off the moral track |
|
|
| Get off the track |
|
|
| It may be impounded |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| Pound resident |
|
|
| Homeless animal |
|
|
| Dog found in the pound |
|
|
| Go off the track |
|
|
| Get off the beaten path |
|
|
| Alley wanderer |
|
|
| Leave the flock |
|
|
| Sin |
|
|
| Leave the herd |
|
|
| Get sidetracked |
|
|
| One may be impounded |
|
|
| Range |
|
|
| Wander off |
|
|
| Fail to concentrate |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's catch |
|
|
| Alley cat |
|
|
| One impounded in a pound |
|
|
| Go wrong |
|
|
| Alley cat, perhaps |
|
|
| Shelter adoptee |
|
|
| Pound prospect |
|
|
| Wanderer |
|
|
| Lose the thread |
|
|
| Alley wanderer |
|
|
| Err |
|
|
| Random |
|
|
| Dogie |
|
|
| Take the scenic route |
|
|
| It may be rounded up in a roundup |
|
|
| Lost dog |
|
|
| Pound occupant |
|
|
| Lost animal |
|
|
| Waif |
|
|
| Leave the trail |
|
|
| Get lost |
|
|
| Errant |
|
|
| Lonely puppy |
|
|
| Get off the beaten path |
|
|
| Err |
|
|
| Cowpuncher's worry |
|
|
| Wanderer |
|
|
| Divagate |
|
|
| Wander |
|
|
| S.P.C.A. candidate |
|
|
| S.P.C.A. concern |
|
|
| Digress |
|
|
| Ramble |
|
|
| Maverick or dogie |
|
|
| Go wrong |
|
|
| Like some thoughts |
|
|
| Maverick |
|
|
| Dogie, for one |
|
|
| Get sidetracked |
|
|
| Deviate |
|
|
| Go off course |
|
|
| Errant |
|
|
| Dogcatcher's quarry |
|
|
| Take a tangent |
|
|
| S.P.C.A. pickup |
|
|
| Lost dogie |
|
|
| Commit a peccadillo |
|
|
| Ranch roamer |
|
|
| Go off the path |
|
|
| Wander away |
|
|
| Kind of dog |
|
|
| Type of dog |
|
|
| Missing pet. |
|
|
| Straggle. |
|
|
| Maverick. |
|
|
| Pick-up job for the S. P. C. A. |
|
|
| Incidental. |
|
|
| Lost dog. |
|
|
| Deviate. |
|
|
| Go off the map |
|
|
| Waif. |
|
|
| Lost lamb. |
|
|
| Fail to concentrate. |
|
|
| Be in error. |
|
|
| Be inattentive. |
|
|
| Wandering. |
|
|
| Wanderer. |
|
|
| Roam. |
|
|
| Homeless creature. |
|
|
| Alley cat, for one. |
|
|
| Homeless wanderer. |
|
|
| Wander off. |
|
|
| Lost one. |
|
|
| Errant one. |
|
|
| Lose the plot |
|
|
| Lost toy? |
|
|
| Off-target. |
|
|
| Wander. |
|
|
| Occasional. |
|
|