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The Clue
Be behind in payments (3 letter answer)
The Answer
OWE
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Notes
The answer OWE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Be beholden to
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Be shy
Become encumbered
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Have bills
Have creditors
Have a mortgage
Have a tab
"I ___ you"
Loan word
Need dough
Need to pay
Need to reimburse
Part of i.o.u.
Run a tab
See red?
Show a deficit
Take credit?
Be liable to garnishment
Have bills due
Have chits out
Have markers out
Leave bills unpaid
Really should give
What borrowers do
"You ___ it to yourself"
Definition
OWE as a verb:
1. be obliged to pay or repay
2. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
3. be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"