Is beholden to
The crossword clue "Is beholden to" is answered by OWES, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OWES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWES answer page.
Used 26 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Has bills to pay - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- Spoken - ORAL, used 725 times
- Burden - ONUS, used 687 times
- Aware of - ONTO, used 619 times
- Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
- Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times
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