Starts to stimulate idle mate with exercise Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Starts to stimulate idle mate with exercise featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on February 16, 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 SITUP.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SITUP Starts to stimulate idle mate with exercise (5) The Times Cryptic Feb 16, 2026
3% LOLLYGAGS Idles (9) LA Times Daily Feb 11, 2026
3% SPUR Stimulate (4) The Times Sunday Concise Jan 25, 2026
3% RESTING Idle (7) Newsday Jan 3, 2026
2% ANT Dec mate? (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 13, 2026
2% RAM Ewe's mate (3)
2% ERIC Idle on film (4) Thomas Joseph Feb 11, 2026
2% LUNGES Leg exercises (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 11, 2026
2% CHIMERA Idle fancy (7) Newsday Feb 8, 2026
2% ETUDE Piano exercise (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 8, 2026

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