Run in neutral
The crossword clue "Run in neutral" is answered by IDLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 70 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IDLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLE answer page.
Used 70 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLE, most used first.
- Doing nothing - used 237 times, most recently in 2026
- Not doing anything - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Inactive - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
- Not busy - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Between jobs - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
- Just sitting around - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Twiddling one's thumbs - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Unemployed - used 61 times, most recently in 2019
- Not active - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Not in use - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Run ___ (go wild) - AMOK, used 142 times
- Run away - FLEE, used 124 times
- Dry run - TEST, used 106 times
- One way to run - AMOK, used 102 times
- Wild way to run - AMOK, used 66 times
- Trial run - TEST, used 64 times
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