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The Clue

Lender's recourse (4 letter answer)

The Answer

LIEN

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Notes

The answer LIEN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

Related Clues

Encumbrance
Mechanic's ___
Mortgage
Attachment on property
Bank claim
Bank holding
Bank security
Bar to a sale
Certain encumbrance
Claim on property
Claim of a sort
Collateral option
Debt security
Form of security
Hold on property
Kind of holder
Legal claim
Legal encumbrance
Legal right
Lender's protection
Mortgage, e.g.
Payment guarantee
Property claim
Property encumbrance
Property right
Certain legal protection
Certain security interest
Possible prelude to foreclosure
Property law topic
Something bankers lean on
A creditor may hold it
Something that may be on a house

Definition

LIEN as a noun:

1. the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
2. (spleen, lien) = a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses