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The Clue
Isn't in the clear? (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OWES
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Notes
The answer OWES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Is behindhand
Is in debt
Is indebted
Is indebted to
Is light
Is obligated
Is obliged for
Is in the red
Becomes encumbered
Can't pay
Faces a dunning
Has a bill
Has bills
Has creditors
Has debts
Has liabilities
Has obligations
Has to pay
Has a tab
Isn't in the black
Isn't solvent
Lags, financially
Must pay
Sees red?
Takes credit?
Comes up short
Gets charged up?
Has chits out
Has markers out
Piles up bills
Has a credit-card balance
Isn't keeping up with bills
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"