Brings home the bacon
The crossword clue "Brings home the bacon" is answered by EARNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EARNS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EARNS answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 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.
- PROVIDES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EARNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EARNS, most used first.
- Merits - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings in - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Deserves - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings home - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulls down - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes money - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes home - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Works for - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes, as a salary - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings in, as a salary - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Comes by honestly - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Works hard for - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes, as money - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Has coming - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Takes in - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Acquires - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Is a breadwinner - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Pulls in - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Nets - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Rakes in - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Becomes worthy of - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Is worthy of - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pulls down, so to speak - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Qualifies for - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Realizes - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- Brings up - REARS, used 173 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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