Was in the red
The crossword clue "Was in the red" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 68 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 68 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Had debts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
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