Ran in place
The crossword clue "Ran in place" is answered by IDLED, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDLED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLED answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Killed time - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Loafed - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Ran without moving - used 15 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.
- Place - STEAD, used 187 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Also-ran - LOSER, used 68 times
- Hiding place - CACHE, used 63 times
- In first place - ONTOP, used 60 times
- Pago Pago's place - SAMOA, used 58 times
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