Avoided work and moved along, ignoring leader (5)
I believe the answer is:
idled
'along ignoring leader' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'avoided work and moved' is the wordplay.
'avoided work' becomes 'id' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'moved' becomes 'led' (leading is a kind of moving).
'id'+'led'='IDLED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "(Of an engine) ran slowly out of gear" , "Wasted time" , "Loitered" , "Did little or nothing" , "Was lazy" .)