The Clue
Solicits for payment (4 letter answer)
The Answer
DUNS
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Notes
The answer DUNS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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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