Straggle
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

LAG
The act of slowing down or falling behind

4 letters

ROVE
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

DRAG
The act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

ROAM
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

TAIL
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

POKE
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

5 letters

RANGE
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

DELAY
The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

TRAIL
Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

6 letters

SPRAWL
An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

DEPART
Go away or leave

WANDER
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

DAWDLE
Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"

FOLLOW
Travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail"

SPREAD
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

RAMBLE
An aimless amble on a winding course

BELATE

LOITER
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

7 letters

MEANDER
An aimless amble on a winding course

GOOFOFF

SHUFFLE
Walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

MAUNDER
Wander aimlessly

DIGRESS
Wander from a direct or straight course

8 letters

STRADDLE
The option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

SCRAMBLE
Rushing about hastily in an undignified way

9 letters

SPREADOUT
Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

STRINGOUT
Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row"

SIDETRACK
A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

10 letters

POKEAROUND

MOVESLOWLY

MOVELAZILY

13 letters

MOVEAIMLESSLY