Settle a debt
The crossword clue "Settle a debt" is answered by PAYUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAYUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAYUP answer page.
Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 9 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.
- REIMBURSE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAYUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAYUP, most used first.
- "Fork it over!" - used 7 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.
- In debt - OWING, used 32 times
- Settle a debt - REPAY, used 28 times
- Settle, as a debt - REPAY, used 27 times
- Satisfy, as a debt - REPAY, used 16 times
- Acquire, as debt - INCUR, used 15 times
- Rack up, as debt - INCUR, used 15 times
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