Doing nothing
The crossword clue "Doing nothing" is answered by IDLING, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDLING
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLING answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 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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- IDLENESS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for IDLING
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLING, most used first.
- In neutral - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
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- "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer O'Connor - SINEAD, used 15 times
- If nothing changes - ASITIS, used 14 times
- Saying nothing - SILENT, used 13 times
- Way of doing things - METHOD, used 12 times
- Missing nothing - ENTIRE, used 11 times
- Nothing more than - MERELY, used 11 times
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