Bring home the bacon
The crossword clue "Bring home the bacon" is answered by EARN, a 4-letter entry. Used 71 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EARN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EARN answer page.
Used 71 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 23 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.
- MAKEALIVING (2 uses in xd)
- PROVIDE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EARN
Every other clue in this collection answered by EARN, most used first.
- Merit - used 336 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull down - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
- Make, as money - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring home - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Make money - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
- Work for - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- Bring up - REAR, used 387 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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