Bankruptcy cause
The crossword clue "Bankruptcy cause" is answered by DEBT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEBT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEBT answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for DEBT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEBT, most used first.
- Obligation - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
- Money owed - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrears - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Liability - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
- Amount owed - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Something owed - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Owed amount - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Red ink - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- It's outstanding - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Financial obligation - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Borrower's burden - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Credit card balance, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- National ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Outstanding amount - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Financial burden - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- I.o.u. - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
- Red-ink entry - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Tab - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Money you owe - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Plastic user's concern - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Financial liability - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pound of flesh - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Cause of ruin - BANE, used 43 times
- Underlying cause - ROOT, used 33 times
- Cause for a lawsuit - TORT, used 21 times
- Bankruptcy - RUIN, used 19 times
- Cause of a bad air day - SMOG, used 17 times
- Cause of distress - BANE, used 16 times
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