Saw red?
The crossword clue "Saw red?" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.
- GOTMAD (4 uses in xd)
- BURNED (1 uses in xd)
- GOTUPSET (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OWED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWED, most used first.
- Was in debt - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the red - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Had debts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Was indebted to - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Due - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Outstanding - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Was indebted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Ran a tab - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpaid - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Had bills to pay - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ran up a tab - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Had bills - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in arrears - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Was beholden to - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Had a debt - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was behind - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was obligated to - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Was short - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Had to pay - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Carried a balance - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Had markers out - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Was obligated - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Had bills due - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Had to repay - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet repaid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Was beholden - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Got behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Needed to pay - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Needed to repay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet forked over - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Not yet paid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Was in debt to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in hock - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Came up short - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Had obligations - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Still unpaid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Was obliged to - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Yet to be paid - 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.
- "... ___ saw Elba" - EREI, used 222 times
- Red Muppet - ELMO, used 131 times
- ___ the Red - ERIC, used 103 times
- Red planet - MARS, used 77 times
- The Red Planet - MARS, used 71 times
- Is in the red - OWES, used 66 times
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