Answer: OWE
OWE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 279 times.
Referring Clues:
- Have chits out
- Have markers out
- Have bills
- Be in hock
- Take credit?
- Be in debt
- Have a tab
- "To what do I ___..."
- Be in arrears
- Be indebted to
- Need to reimburse
- See red?
- Have a debt
- Part of 52-Across
- Have to pay back
- Be in the red
- Be in debt to
- Be attributable (to)
- Be behind
- Be light, in poker
- Have debts
- Postpone paying
- Be beholden to
- "To what do I ___ ...?"
- "You ___ it to yourself"
- Part of i.o.u.
- What borrowers do
- Need to pay
- Really should give
- "I ___ you one"
- Have a mortgage
- Need dough
- Be in the hole
- Be behind in payments
- Be shy
- Fall behind
- Be short
- Be in a hole
- Have bills due
- Show a deficit
- Have bills to pay
- Have to return
- Be outstanding?
- Come up short
- "You ___ me!"
- Have yet to settle
- Keep one's balance?
- Run a tab
- "...I ___, so off to work I go"
- Be light at the poker table
- Have unpaid bills
- Are indebted to
- Carry a balance
- Have a balance
- Have obligations
- Have outstanding debts
- Be encumbered to
- Have debt
- Be in for
- Carry a balance due
- Have out markers
- Be obliged
- Be obligated to
- Have to pay
- Become shy?
- Get behind
- Be in the hole for
- Run up a tab
- Be subject to shark attacks?
- Have an unpaid balance
- Be a borrower
- Carry a balance of
- Have creditors
- Give a marker to
- Have a lot of interest?
- Be beholden
- Run a tab, say
- Attribute
- Get in a hole
- Have yet to pay
- "To what do I __ ..."
- Run a deficit
- Use a credit line
- Have chits
- Be in 38 Down
- Run up a bill
- Have a payment due
- IOU component
- Have an obligation to pay
- Verb in IOU
- ''You ___ it to yourself''
- ''To what do I ___ ... ?''
- Have liabilities
- Need to pay the piper
- Have a liability
- Be a debtor
- Be short, in a way
- "To what do I ___ this . . ."
- Need to pay the piper?
- Need to make payments
- Postpone payment
- "I ___ it all to my teammates!"
- Be obliged to
- Homophone for eau
- Have an outstanding liability
- "To what do I ___ . . ."
- IOU verb
- Be behind, in a way
- Be subject to garnishment
- "To what do I ___ this pleasure"
- Fall behind financially
- Are borrowers
- Have a loan from
- Part of IOU
- "To what do I ___ this pleasure?"
- Must pay
- "I ___ you one!"
- Have payables
- "To what do I ___ the pleasure?"
- Are on the cuff
- What unsettled people do?
- Feel grateful
- "To what do I ___ ... ?"
- "To what do I ___ ..."
- Be on the hook for
- "To what do I ___ this ..."
- Have a mortgage, perhaps
- Have a balance to pay
- Need to return
- Have an outstanding figure?
- Be indebted
- Is obliged
- Be obligated
- Have financial obligations
- Have something outstanding
- Haven't yet settled
- Be somewhat shy
- Be shy, poker pot-wise
- Have a marker out
- Haven't paid yet
- Have 32-Down
- Have 24-Across
- Indebted
- Have a bill
- Put off paying
- Didn't pay yet
- Buy now, pay later
- Use plastic
- Use 18-Across
- Pay with plastic
- Use plastic, maybe
- Be liable
- Be liable to
- Pile up debt
- Have a 66-Down
- Have debts totaling
- Get behind?
- "You ___ me"
- Not own outright, with "on"
- Short people do it?
- Be a little shy?
- Run up bills
- Be a bit shy
- Have a mortgage, say
- Not be entirely independent
- Have a 42-Across, say
- Have loans
- Be not square with
- Be behind, perhaps
- Be in arrears to
- Leave unpaid
- Are in the red to
- Be short and shy
- "You ___ Me" (2000 hit for 55-Down)
- Have 65-Across
- Be light
- Use a charge card
- Need to cough up some dough
- Have to thank for, with "to"
- Haven't yet paid
- Be in hock to
- Not be square with
- Be full of chit?
- End up short
- "How much do I ___ you?"
- Have to fork over
- Be a little shy
- Still need to pay
- Have to thank (for)
- Haven't paid
- Attribute (to)
- Have markers
- Haven't paid off yet
- Be shy by
- Not be squared up, say
- "I ___ you"
- Need to remit
- "You ___ me one!"
- Must give
- Be behind in bills
- Rhyme for "though"
- Have a mortgage, e.g.
- Fall into debt
- "Say from whence / You ___ this strange intelligence?": Macbeth
- Not be settled with
- Settle later
- "You ___ me one"
- Be light, in a poker game
- Have a bill, say
- Be down, in a way
- What many do at tax season
- Deal with a shark
- Be shy, in a way
- Red state verb
- Be short on a payment
- Be under an obligation
- Be in a red state?
- Have to shell out
- Verb that sounds like a letter
- "How much do I ___?"
- Get billed
- Need to pay back
- "I don't ___ you anything!"
- Need to return the favor to
- Get behind, cash-wise
- Acquire debt
- Be shy?
- Have an unbalanced balance
- What debtors do
- Have unsettled accounts
- Have yet to pony up
- Have yet to settle up
- Get a Venmo request, say
- Have to remit
- The "O" in IOU
- Need to repay
- Have student loans, say
- Be beholden (to)
- Fail to keep up
- Have overdue bills
- Need to deal with payback
- Have some bills
- Be behind on rent, say
- Verb that sounds like a vowel
- Not be up to date on bills
- ___ a debt of gratitude
- Be shy financially
- Be behind on bills
- "I ___ You Nothing" (Seinabo Sey song)
- Fall behind in bills
- Word that sounds like its first letter
- "I ___ you big-time"
- Have college loans, say
- Be behind on bills, say
- "Who now the price of his dear blood doth ___?": Shak.
- Fall short
- Word repeated in "I ___, I ___, it's off to work I go"
- "I ___ you an explanation"
- Run up a bill, say
- Word that's a homophone of its first letter
- What the middle of 58-Across stands for
- Be obligated to pay
- Still need to pay back
- "And I ___ it all to you!"
- Need to satisfy
- "I ___ you big-time!"
- Not be square, say
- Have an open tab, say
- Have trouble with one's balance?
- Have to repay
- The "o" of i.o.u.
- Be a tad short with?
- "I ___ it all to you"
- Buy on credit, say
- "I ___ you!"
- Come up short, maybe
- Face late charges, maybe
- Carry a debt
- "Thanks, I ___ you one!"
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 30, 2025
- USA Today - September 26, 2025
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 24, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- USA Today - September 16, 2025
- LA Times - August 24, 2025
- LA Times - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - August 10, 2025
- LA Times - July 06, 2025
- USA Today - July 02, 2025
- New York Times - June 18, 2025
- USA Today - May 26, 2025
- LA Times - May 25, 2025
- USA Today - May 15, 2025
- New York Times - May 11, 2025
- USA Today - April 24, 2025
- New York Times - April 16, 2025
- LA Times - April 01, 2025
- USA Today - March 12, 2025
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