Possible Clues:

• Wandering off course
• Going off fish netted in swindle
• It's smart catching fish that's drifting
• During swindle note aberration
• Going off the path
• Wandering
• Remaining without runs and not on target
• Remaining around for last leaving flock
• Going off beam, taken in by confidence trick
• Getting sidetracked checking about closure of newspaper