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Loitered aimlessly with daughter in delicatessen over there (5)

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I believe the answer is:

idled

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'loitered' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in delicatessen over there' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'delicatessen' becomes 'deli' (synonyms).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'there' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'deli' written backwards gives 'iled'.
'iled' enclosing 'd' is 'IDLED'.

'aimlessly with daughter' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "Lazed around" , "Wasted time" , "was unoccupied" , "relaxed" , "Did lounge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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