Gross, in a way

The answer

EARN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EARN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 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.

• PRETAX (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
• Deserve - used 289 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring in - used 137 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
• Make - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Work for - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring home the bacon - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Take home - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Be worthy of - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Work hard for - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Have coming - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Be deserving of - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• Be a breadwinner - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Make, as a salary - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Come by honestly - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Garner - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Deserve to receive - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Rake in - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring home, as a salary - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Pull in - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Net - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Gain - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Make, as a living - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Be entitled to - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring in, as a salary - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Clear - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Get deservedly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Qualify for - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Acquire through hard work - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Become worthy of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Get by working - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Get through hard work - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Make, as an income - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Make at work - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Work to get - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Acquire through merit - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Make (a living) - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Rightfully deserve - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Acquire "the old-fashioned way" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Come to deserve - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Deserve; merit - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Make a buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Post a gain - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Pull down, so to speak - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Accrue interest - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Achieve through hard work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Acquire by effort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Acquire through work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gain deservedly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Produce interest - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Win - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Deserve to get - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make bread - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Procure - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Reap - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Work to get, as someone's trust - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Yield, as interest - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
• Way out there - AFAR, used 104 times
• One way to run - AMOK, used 102 times
• Gross - ICKY, used 84 times
• "The Way We ___" - WERE, used 82 times

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