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Moved furtively heading off, but didn't do anything (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idled

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'off but didn't do anything' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'moved furtively heading' is the wordplay.
'moved' becomes 'led' (leading is a kind of moving).
'furtively' becomes 'id' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'heading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go in front of or head others).
'led' put after 'id' is 'IDLED'.

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(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "Loafed, lazed about" , "Loitered" , "Did little or nothing" , "sat back" , "pottered" .)

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