| Twist idly (7) |
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| Be idle, ... one's thumbs |
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| Adjust curiously wet lid covering food lately (7) |
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| Time to go and twist a bit? |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Feb 2024 |
| An act of idly tinkering or turning with the fingers; a curly ornament or mark; a small flourish; or, a tilde (7) |
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| Adjust front of this lid we'd repaired (7) |
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| Idly give the thumbs up then the thumbs down (7) |
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| Do nothing initially that would involve extremely deluded French article |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Repeatedly revolve (one's thumbs, eg) |
The Times Concise |
02 May 2023 |
| __ one's thumbs |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Do nothing with one's thumbs? |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Mar 2023 |
| Tun with a spinning motion |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Oct 2022 |
| Twirl around, pretty well intoxicated, having consumed whiskey and ecstasy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 May 2022 |
| Adjust model's front wheels, not working without key |
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| Adjust model's front wheels, not working without key |
The Guardian Quiptic |
20 Dec 2021 |
| How to kill time with your thumbs? |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Ornament wild Ted smashed |
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| Nonsense — I should replace article — here's a minor adjustment |
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| Fiddle with abstractedly |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Twirl |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Trifle wife fed to tailless cat |
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| Twirl in tango with violin, losing head |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Time for wee twist |
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| Tinker with tailless shrimp filled by wife |
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| Twirl, as one's thumbs |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| . Feel nervous and tense — bad ball, ends in wide |
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| Spin is ultimately bullshit and piss |
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| Play lightly with |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Dec 2017 |
| "___ his thumbs" (an action done when bored) |
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| Rotate teepee |
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| Aimless motion makes Ted wild |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Move one's thumbs idly |
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| ___ one's thumbs |
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| Move about absently, as one's thumbs |
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| Move about absently, as one's thumbs |
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| Thing to do with one's thumbs |
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| Turn about |
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| Tinker |
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| Rotate lightly |
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| Play lightly with |
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| Play lightly with |
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