Use a credit card
The crossword clue "Use a credit card" is answered by SPEND, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SPEND
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Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SPEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPEND, most used first.
- Shell out - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay out - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Disburse - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Use up - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Forgo frugality - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Exhaust - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
- Go on a shopping spree - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Lay out - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Devote, as time - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Pass, as time - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Fork over - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Make purchases - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Use money - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Fork out - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- While away - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Go through - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Support the economy - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Blow some cash - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Fail to save - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Go on a buying spree - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Opposite of save - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pass bills - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Shell out, as cash - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stimulate the economy - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Throw money around - used 6 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.
- Be of use - AVAIL, used 176 times
- Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
- Be of use to - AVAIL, used 79 times
- Use - AVAIL, used 55 times
- Use a broom - SWEEP, used 46 times
- Use a loom - WEAVE, used 41 times
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