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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LOYAL Employ a layabout? Only partly true (5) The Telegraph Cryptic May 7, 2019
6% IDLER Layabout (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 13, 2026
5% USE Employ (3) Commuter Nov 10, 2026
5% UTILISE Employ (7) The Telegraph Quick Nov 5, 2026
5% DEADBEAT Layabout is really exhausted (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 29, 2026
5% HIRE Employ (4) Newsday Oct 27, 2026
5% USES Employs (4) USA Today Oct 20, 2026
5% USING Employing (5) Premier Sunday Oct 4, 2026
5% USED Famous editor partly employed (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Aug 28, 2026
4% SOLE Only (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 14, 2026

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