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The Clue
Takes credit? (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OWES
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Notes
The answer OWES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
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Is behind
Is behindhand
Is beholden to
Is in debt
Is in hock
Is in the hole
Is indebted
Is indebted to
Is into
Is light
Is obliged
Is in the red
Becomes encumbered
Can't pay
Charges it
Has a bill
Has creditors
Has debts
Has a mortgage
Has obligations
Has to pay
Has a tab
Isn't in the black
Lags, financially
Runs a tab
Sees red?
Gets charged up?
Has chits out
Has markers out
Has an outstanding figure?
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"