Crossword Genius

Mind already regularly relaxed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idled

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

'mind already regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'mind'+'already'='mindalready'
The alternating letters of 'mindalready' are 'IDLED'.

(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "Turned over" , "Of engine, just ticked over" , "sat back" , "not worked" , "was unoccupied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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