Related Clues:

• Wasn't a go-getter
• I'd been usher, then sat back
• I had shown the way? That's not worked
• Lazed on the grid?
• I had been top, but became lazy
• Wasted time
• Spent time doing nothing
• I had gone ahead and pottered
• Relaxed with source of Johnson's essays?
• Loitered
• Turned over papers brought to light
• Turned over, but didn't get out of bed
• Current duke was in charge, and did nothing
• Had nothing to do in paid ledgers
• I'd acted as a guide, yet didn't do much work