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The Clue
Homophone for eau (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 in for
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Be obliged
Be in the red
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Charge it
Fall behind
Get behind
Have bills
Have creditors
Have a debt
Have loans
Have a tab
"I ___ you one!"
"I ___ you one"
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Need to pay
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Part of i.o.u.
Run a tab
See red?
"You ___ me"
Come up short
Fall behind financially
Have bills due
Have bills to pay
Have chits out
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Have yet to settle
What borrowers do
"To what do I ___..."
"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"