Advances
The crossword clue "Advances" is answered by LOANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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LOANS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOANS answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LOANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOANS, most used first.
- Bank offerings - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank transactions - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Bank deals - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Cash advances - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Credit union offerings - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Library transactions - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gives temporarily - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank business. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Borrowed funds - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharks' deals - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Advances - LENDS, used 29 times
- Advances gradually - EDGES, used 9 times
- Advances against earnings - DRAWS, used 7 times
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