Is behind
The crossword clue "Is behind" is answered by OWES, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. 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
OWES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWES answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. 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.
- RUNSLATE (2 uses in xd)
- OOOO (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OWES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWES, most used first.
- Has debts - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Is in the red - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Is indebted to - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Is in debt - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Has bills - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in the hole - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Is beholden to - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Has bills to pay - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Is short - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Is indebted - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Has to pay back - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Has creditors - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Carries a balance - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a mortgage - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Has markers out - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Hasn't paid yet - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Is in arrears - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Is obligated to - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Has a balance due - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Needs to pay - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Needs to repay - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a tab - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in debt to - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Is obligated - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Must pay - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Has to pay - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Hasn't ponied up - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Has a balance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Has outstanding bills - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Has to repay - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Needs to pay back - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Has obligations - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Has a debt - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Has a mortgage, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Has unpaid bills - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Hasn't yet paid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Is in hock - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Is shy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Runs a tab - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Comes up short - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Has a mortgage, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Has chits out - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Is behind, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Is shy, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Takes credit - used 6 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.
- Falls behind - LAGS, used 149 times
- Behind schedule - LATE, used 100 times
- Running behind - LATE, used 59 times
- Behind - LATE, used 31 times
- Behind - REAR, used 28 times
- Not behind - ANTI, used 24 times
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