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Fish around lake, being at a loose end (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idle

'being at a loose end' is the definition.

'fish around lake' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'ide' (I've seen this before**).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'lake' becomes 'l'.
'ide' going around 'l' is 'IDLE'.

(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "out of a job" , "Turn over" , "not working in > lounge" , "without basis" , "Workshy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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