Fool wasting time over minute piece of cake, say Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fool wasting time over minute piece of cake, say featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on January 9, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IDIOM.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDIOM Fool wasting time over minute piece of cake, say (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
6% BETTERGETMOVING "Time's a-wasting!" (15) Universal Jan 4, 2026
6% IDLES Wastes time (5) Thomas Joseph Dec 20, 2025
6% SLICE Piece of cake? (5) The Telegraph Plusword Dec 9, 2025
6% EASY "Piece of cake!" (4) LA Times Mini Dec 8, 2025
6% BREEZE Piece of cake (6) The Telegraph Quick Nov 2, 2025
5% AMIDST Between maids, wasting time (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Jan 3, 2026
5% SAMPHIRE Food minute with much acidity, say, in review of Times (8) The Telegraph Toughie Jan 2, 2026
5% ATE Enjoyed a taro cake, say (3) Universal Jan 1, 2026
5% ONTO Not fooled by (4) USA Today Dec 29, 2025

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