Just twiddling the thumbs — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 4–letter crossword clue “Just twiddling the thumbs”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 1st Sept 2003. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Just twiddling the thumbs” is IDLE (4 letters).
We last saw “Just twiddling the thumbs” in NYT Crossword on 1st Sept 2003.
The 4-letter answer for “Just twiddling the thumbs” is IDLE.
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