The Clue
Bug for payment (3 letter answer)
The Answer
DUN
Tags
Notes
The answer DUN is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Gloomy
Importune
Pester
Dark; gloomy
Dark horse
Demand for payment
Demand payment
Demand persistently
Dull brown
Dull-colored
Dull shade
Grayish brown
Grayish shade
Horse color
Horse hue
Horse's hue
Hound for bucks?
Importune a debtor
Make demands of
Pester for payment
Plague constantly
Press for payment
Prod for payment
Push for payment
Shade of brown
Sue for payment
Bug about bills
Dull grayish brown
Grayish-brown steed
Horse of a different color
Remind about a bill
What bill collectors do
What some creditors do
Definition
DUN as a noun:
1. horse of a dull brownish grey color
2. (dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn) = a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
DUN as a verb:
1. (torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate) = treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
2. persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
3. cure by salting; "dun codfish"
4. make a dun color
DUN as an adjective:
1. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"