Wastes time doing nothing Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDLES Wastes time doing nothing (5) Newsday Feb 16, 2022
4% BETTERGETMOVING "Time's a-wasting!" (15) Universal Jan 4, 2026
3% FRITTER Waste (7) The Telegraph Quick Jan 11, 2026
3% IDIOM Fool wasting time over minute piece of cake, say (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
3% ALL __ or nothing (3) LA Times Daily Jan 6, 2026
3% AMIDST Between maids, wasting time (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Jan 3, 2026
3% SOSO Nothing special (4) New York Times Jan 3, 2026
3% ELIOT "The Waste Land" author (5) Eugene Sheffer Dec 31, 2025
3% ATALOOSEEND With nothing to do and so alone, date mixed up (2,1,5,3) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 30, 2025
3% THAN Better __ nothing (4) Commuter Dec 29, 2025

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