The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INDOLENT
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More clues leading to the result INDOLENT
- Unwilling to work at home, act fast
- Disinclined to do much during party before pre-Easter period
- Suffering 15 during party some time before Easter
- Lazy boozer claims state benefit over time
- Lazy and idle, not working around noon
- Idle look back is in order
- Kind of undressed and fast becoming lazy
- Disliking work? Manage to stop during period of fasting
- Slow arrangement for Elton after horrible din
- Lazy member of ruling party to observe fast?
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The straight part
We know that "Lazy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lazy = indolent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INDOLENT mean?
INDOLENT adjective- Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor
- Inducing laziness
- Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)
- Healing slowly