Eric ___, South Shields-born member of the Monty Python comedy team (4)

I believe the answer is:

idle

(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "Not active or at work" , "Monty Python's Eric, b. 1943" , "Run out of gear" , "Still" , "Reluctant to work - Pythonesque Eric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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