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The answer

LEND

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

Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LEND

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEND, most used first.

• Give temporarily - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Impart - used 90 times, most recently in 2024
• Advance - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Give for a while - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Give for a time - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnish - used 31 times, most recently in 2017
• Extend credit - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Allow to borrow - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Loan - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Allow to use - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Give for a bit - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Provide temporarily - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Give, but expect back - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ a hand (help out) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Advance, as money - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ a hand - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Front the money - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Give to a borrower - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Let borrow - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Loan out - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Libraries do it - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Afford. - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Supply on credit - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Contribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Emulate Shylock - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Ignore Polonius' advice - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ me your ears" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Supply temporarily - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Advance on credit - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Expect back - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnish for a time - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Give conditionally - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make advances - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• "What ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 224 times
• "So what ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 221 times
• "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
• "Look what I did!" - TADA, used 103 times
• "What are the ___?" - ODDS, used 66 times
• "What a shame!" - ALAS, used 63 times

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