Load to bear
The crossword clue "Load to bear" is answered by ONUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONUS answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ONUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONUS, most used first.
- Burden - used 687 times, most recently in 2026
- Responsibility - used 227 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy burden - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Burden of proof - used 86 times, most recently in 2019
- Obligation - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Cross to bear - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Blame - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Heavy load - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Weight - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy duty - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult duty - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Big burden - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult burden - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Encumbrance - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Load - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
- Major burden - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Tedious task - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
- Unwelcome obligation - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Albatross - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Burden or responsibility - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Duty - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Millstone - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Stigma - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Charge. - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Difficult responsibility - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Difficult task - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Unpleasant task - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Heavy responsibility - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy weight - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ probandi (burden of proof) - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Albatross, symbolically - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Bothersome burden - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Burden to bear - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult obligation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Unpleasant burden - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Weight on one's shoulders - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Weighty obligation - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Albatross, figuratively - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Burden of responsibility - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Great burden - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Large burden - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpleasant responsibility - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Daunting duty - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ probandi - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Tough task - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Celestial bear - URSA, used 201 times
- Bear in the sky - URSA, used 74 times
- Heavenly bear - URSA, used 70 times
- Bear in the air - URSA, used 64 times
- Sky bear - URSA, used 61 times
- Astronomical bear - URSA, used 46 times
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