Historical clue formulations

• Nothing doing — 2026-08-20
• Lollygag — 2026-08-11
• Run in neutral — 2026-07-27
• Like a couch potato — 2026-07-07
• Not working — 2026-06-15
• Wait for a passenger, perhaps — 2026-04-10
• Just chillin' — 2026-03-24
• Be just chillin' — 2026-01-09
• Like a computer with a running screensaver — 2025-10-16
• Lay off — 2025-09-20
• Sitting on the bench, say — 2025-08-19
• Running, but not moving — 2025-07-26
• Like some chatter — 2025-07-17
• Not being used — 2025-06-30
• Lollygag — 2025-06-02
• Chilling, maybe — 2025-03-21
• What an orange dot might indicate in a chat — 2025-02-08
• Not doing anything — 2025-01-22
• Not doing much — 2024-12-01
• Loaf — 2024-10-06
• Not doing much of anything — 2024-09-16
• Going nowhere — 2024-08-28
• Not doing much — 2024-08-20
• Inactive — 2024-05-21
• Do squat — 2024-05-09
• Not doing anything — 2024-02-28
• Like some speculation — 2024-01-12
• Not in gear — 2023-12-31
• Not up to much — 2023-08-27
• Have the engine on while parked — 2023-07-24
• Not doing anything — 2023-06-14
• Nothing doing? — 2022-12-12
• Run without moving, as a car — 2022-11-28
• See 12-Across — 2022-09-01
• Just waiting around — 2022-07-13
• Run in neutral — 2022-06-20
• ___ threat — 2022-05-25
• Unoccupied — 2022-04-29
• Not doing anything — 2022-04-26
• Run in place — 2022-04-24
• Just twiddling one's thumbs — 2022-03-29
• Torpid — 2022-02-18
• Wait for the light to change, say — 2021-11-10
• Not do anything — 2021-10-28
• Waiting for an assignment, maybe — 2021-09-24
• Just sitting around — 2021-09-07
• Keep an engine running without moving — 2021-07-19
• Like a team on a day off — 2021-07-13
• Like some threats — 2021-06-25
• Duty-free? — 2021-05-26