Idle Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Idle featured in Newsday puzzle on October 17, 2026. We have found 43 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BASELESS.

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32 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
BASELESS Idle (8) Newsday Oct 17, 2026
INACTIVE Idle (8) The Times Sunday Concise Sep 27, 2026
INDOLENT Idle (8) (8) Puzzler Aug 30, 2026
LAZE Idle (4) New York Times Aug 14, 2026
OTIOSE Idle (6) Eugene Sheffer Aug 1, 2026
RESTING Idle (7) Newsday Jan 3, 2026
LAZY Idle (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 6, 2025
SLOTHFUL Idle (8) (8) Puzzler Nov 26, 2024
SITTING Idle (7) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2024
LOAFING Idle (7) Newsday Dec 16, 2023

11 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
35% ACTIVE Not idle (6) USA Today Aug 27, 2026
34% LOAFED Idled (6) USA Today Jul 16, 2026
32% PASSEDTHETIME Idled (13) Thomas Joseph Nov 21, 2025
32% DAWDLES Idles (7) Eugene Sheffer Apr 27, 2024
32% OTIOSITY Idleness (8) New York Times May 7, 2023
32% INNEUTRAL Idling (9) Wall Street Journal Feb 24, 2018
32% BUMSAROUND Idles (10)
32% LOAFSAROUND Is idle (11)
32% SATAROUND Idled (9)
32% MONKEYINGAROUND Idling (15)

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