Killed time

The answer

IDLED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLED answer page.

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• DAWDLED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IDLED

Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLED, most used first.

• Ran in neutral - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Did nothing - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Twiddled one's thumbs - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Loafed around - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Loafed - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Ran without moving - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Ran in place - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sat around - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Wasted time - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Laid off - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Took it easy - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sat at a red light - used 6 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.

• One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• ___ a time - ONEAT, used 91 times
• Time being - NONCE, used 79 times
• Old-time anesthetic - ETHER, used 76 times
• At no time - NEVER, used 63 times

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