Gives temporarily

The answer

LOANS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOANS answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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.

• LENDS (56 uses in xd)
• ENDS (1 uses in xd)
• LOANSOUT (1 uses in xd)
• LOANSTO (1 uses in xd)

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
• Advances - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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.

• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Gives a hoot - CARES, used 62 times
• Gives temporarily - LENDS, used 56 times
• Gives up - CEDES, used 52 times
• Gives the go-ahead - OKAYS, used 26 times
• Gives off, as light - EMITS, used 25 times

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