Was indebted to
The crossword clue "Was indebted to" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 42 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 16 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
- Was in the red - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Had debts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Was indebted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
- Was aware of - KNEW, used 70 times
- Is indebted to - OWES, used 60 times
- Was a passenger - RODE, used 49 times
- Was sure of - KNEW, used 45 times
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