Picks up the tab
The crossword clue "Picks up the tab" is answered by PAYS, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
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PAYS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAYS answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAYS, most used first.
- Is worth it - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Foots the bill - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Picks up the check - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Is worthwhile - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Remits - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Compensates - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Forks over - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Remunerates - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Shells out - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Is profitable - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Ponies up - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Settles the bill - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Is beneficial - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Settles a bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Settles a debt - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Settles up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Yields - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Yields a return - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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