Cough up
The crossword clue "Cough up" is answered by PAY, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. 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
PAY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAY answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. 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.
- FORKOUT (1 uses in xd)
- FORKOVER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAY, most used first.
- Salary - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Fork over - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Pony up - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pick up the tab - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Wages - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Remit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Shell out - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Be worthwhile - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Foot the bill - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Remuneration - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- ___-per-view - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Settle up - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Suffer the consequences - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Compensation - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Settle the bill - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Pick up the check - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Settle a debt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Be worth it - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Take care of a bill - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "You'll ___ for this!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Be profitable. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Piper's due - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Settle a bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Cough syrup amt. - TSP, used 26 times
- Cough syrup meas. - TSP, used 8 times
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