Heavy burden
The crossword clue "Heavy burden" is answered by ONUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 102 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ONUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONUS answer page.
Used 102 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- LOAD (10 uses in xd)
- MILLSTONE (6 uses in xd)
- TAX (1 uses in xd)
- TOUGHROWTOHOE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ONUS
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ONUS, most used first.
- Burden - used 687 times, most recently in 2026
- Responsibility - used 227 times, most recently in 2026
- Burden of proof - used 86 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Heavy reading? - TOME, used 104 times
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