Waits at the light
The crossword clue "Waits at the light" is answered by IDLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IDLES
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Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDLES
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLES, most used first.
- Runs in neutral - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
- Does nothing - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Wastes time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Loafs - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
- Runs in place - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Runs without moving - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Twiddles one's thumbs - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Sits in traffic - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't do anything - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Kills time - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sits in neutral - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Runs while standing still - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't do much - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Just sits around - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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