| Amount owed | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | Newsday | 20 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Money that needs to be repaid | USA Today | 18 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | What an IOU indicates | USA Today | 29 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Something owed | The Telegraph Mini | 28 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Obligation | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 26 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Something that's often due | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Obligation to repay | Commuter | 22 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Sum owed by society girl and model (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ahead of time, king or queen possibly returned money owed | The Times Quick Cryptic | 27 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Arrears | Puzzler Backwords | 20 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Budgetary concern | Newsday | 01 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Money owing, busted suspect leaves America (4) | The Guardian Quiptic | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Financial liability | Wall Street Journal | 22 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | What an i.o.u. represents | New York Times Mini | 22 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Alternative to equity, in financing | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Tech __: coder's concern | LA Times Daily | 16 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Turns over garden plot at last but it's a liability (4) |  |  | 
          
            | State of owing money (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed or forgiven | USA Today | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | Premier Sunday | 06 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | An outstanding collector's item? |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed to a creditor | The Times Concise | 25 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Unpaid monetary obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card ___ | Universal | 11 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Obligation | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | The Telegraph Mini | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Amount owed | USA Today | 27 May 2025 | 
          
            | Red state? | New York Times | 27 May 2025 | 
          
            | Something outstanding that nobody wants? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 26 May 2025 | 
          
            | Outstanding commitment (4) | Puzzler | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Arrears | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | In this one is outstanding (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Financial obligation | Commuter | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Money obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Something owing (4) | Puzzler | 11 May 2025 | 
          
            | Gambler's bane |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | The red plot for overthrowing Taiwan's capital | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Obligation to repay | Commuter | 23 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | Puzzler Backwords | 19 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Red in one's ledger |  |  | 
          
            | Source of finance other than equity | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 11 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | You wouldn't credit it! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to go back to bed with a temperature! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Puzzler Backwords | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | The state of owing | Family Time | 17 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Obligation | Commuter | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Money that needs to be repaid | USA Today | 15 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount | Thomas Joseph | 15 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Burden for many college graduates |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | Basically dangerous, wrong bet, put you in this? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Commuter | 04 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Money owed | Universal | 01 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Have an unpaid bill, say |  |  | 
          
            | Tally on Manhattan's Bank of America Tower "clock" |  |  | 
          
            | Bet 500 and this is what you'll owe as a result (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Amount due | Puzzler Backwords | 12 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Borrowing burden | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g. | LA Times Daily | 08 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Something outstanding that nobody wants? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 31 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Money owing | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Foundation retrieved patient's final financial obligation (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Money or obligation or favour that is owed |  |  | 
          
            | Liability | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 08 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Even added bets to money owing (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | LA Times Daily | 05 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | One of those in a costly pile-up? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Liability for young society entrant to wear summer shirt (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Owe money: be in - |  |  | 
          
            | #CancelStudent___ |  |  | 
          
            | Financial liability of concern to creditors | LA Times Daily | 18 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Obligation to even odder bet (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 16 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Obligation to even odder bet (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 12 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding people have got into this (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Deborah is shortly to take the first iou (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Result of a sad ending to bad bet (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Leaving university begin something outstanding | The Times Cryptic | 24 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Something that is owed, such as money, goods or services (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to pay |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 12 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Amount to repay | Commuter | 11 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 07 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Arrearage | Newsday | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Mortgage, for one | Universal | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Money owed | New York Times | 01 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | For which one might |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's accumulation | LA Times Daily | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Any credit card balance | Family Time | 08 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | First appearance not top-class - a liability! (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 07 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | First appearance not top-class a a liability! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | First appearance not top-class - a liability! (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 06 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | For which one might ask for forgiveness | New York Times | 01 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Cot sent over to parent in the east, is a liability |  |  | 
          
            | Something that can be racked up | New York Times | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 03 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding balance |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Puzzler Backwords | 14 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Society girl bankrupt finally - because of this? | The Times Quick Cryptic | 09 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding loan |  |  | 
          
            | Sum owing (4) | Puzzler | 06 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Amount to be repaid | Commuter | 04 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Financial obligation | Commuter | 28 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Reason for an IOU note | USA Today | 25 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Unpaid monetary obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Is it initially due to a misplaced bet? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | It might gain unwelcome interest | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding collector's item (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Must pay it back! |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed | Newsday | 03 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | State of obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Foundation retrieved patient's last financial obligation (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Red scare? | New York Times | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | That which is owed (4) |  |  | 
          
            | The outstanding payment of French British Telecom (4) |  |  | 
          
            | What's owed girl? Respect ultimately (4) | The Guardian Quiptic | 12 May 2024 | 
          
            | Subject of a congressional ceiling | LA Times Daily | 08 May 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden | Wall Street Journal | 07 May 2024 | 
          
            | Credit score factor |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears of French phone provider? (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 25 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Something that is owed |  |  | 
          
            | 500 bet badly using money owed (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Hotbed, backing out of what you owe (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Be unable to settle in time (3,4,4 |  |  | 
          
            | IOU of French telephone company (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cardholder's burden | Wall Street Journal | 04 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Cash owed |  |  | 
          
            | Score tied in the end, bet off (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Score tied in the end, bet off | The Telegraph Toughie | 27 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Amount owed by duke before disastrous bet (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed | Newsday | 11 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Red ink, so to speak | New York Times | 05 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | You'll find people who are outstanding in this (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Have an unpaid bill, say |  |  | 
          
            | Item in red ink | Commuter | 24 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Outstanding payments (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Garden plot over time becoming liability |  |  | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 08 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Garden plot over time becoming liability (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Financial obligation |  |  | 
          
            | National ___ (over $33 trillion currently) |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | Commuter | 19 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Bet five hundred and you'll finish up in it |  |  | 
          
            | She used to come out on time. Did she have an obligation? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tab, essentially | New York Times | 09 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Obligation | Newsday | 01 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Amount owed | The Times Concise | 22 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Liability | The Guardian Quick | 22 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount, say |  |  | 
          
            | You're gonna pay for this! | New York Times | 12 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Credit card woe | Family Time | 12 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | It's outstanding? |  |  | 
          
            | What red might indicate | New York Times | 20 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 12 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | 'The red,' in finances | USA Today | 08 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan with a silent letter "b" |  |  | 
          
            | Liability | Premier Sunday | 13 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Student __ relief | LA Times Daily | 08 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 06 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Owed amount | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Money owed by a college graduate, say |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | IOU situation |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Monetary amount that might be forgiven | USA Today | 11 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | New York Times | 29 May 2023 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Wall Street Journal | 27 May 2023 | 
          
            | Owings | The Times Concise | 22 May 2023 | 
          
            | What is owed | Family Time | 30 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Arrears of French baronet on vacation | The Telegraph Cryptic | 26 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Amount owed | Newsday | 19 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | "IOU" money |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed | Universal | 10 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Owe a ___ of gratitude |  |  | 
          
            | Student loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Balance to be paid | Newsday | 15 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Financial obligation | USA Today | 01 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Money owed | Newsday | 16 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | Financial liability | LA Times Daily | 12 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | The red, financially | Universal | 22 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Money owing | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Mortgage balance, e.g | LA Times Daily | 07 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed | LA Times Daily | 16 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Something owed | Newsday | 27 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | What's due | The Guardian Quick | 08 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Credit report item | LA Times Daily | 06 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Credit card woe |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | Newsday | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | “Outstanding” obligation | New York Times | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | 'Outstanding' obligation | New York Times | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 05 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Amount of money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Financial obligation | The Guardian Speedy | 07 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Sum of money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Money that's owed | Newsday | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Something owed | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Outstanding payment amount |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed; obligation | The Telegraph Quick | 04 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 01 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Red-ink amount | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | It can be outstanding | New York Times | 05 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Late credit card payment consequence with a silent "b"? |  |  | 
          
            | Burden for many students | LA Times Daily | 24 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Burden for many students | The Washington Post | 24 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | It may be consolidated or forgiven | The Washington Post Sunday | 13 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Money owed | Universal | 12 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Bill's upturned furniture supported by tabletop |  |  | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount? |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's obligation | The Washington Post Sunday | 09 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower’s burden | Wall Street Journal | 04 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | It's outstanding | Universal | 11 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Amount owed | USA Today | 31 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Sum owed |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to a creditor | The Washington Post Sunday | 22 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Burden for many students | The Washington Post | 04 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Burden for many students | LA Times Daily | 04 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 22 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Monetary obligation | USA Today | 04 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Amount owed | USA Today | 27 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | USA Today | 19 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Editor upset by telecom company's bill | The Telegraph Cryptic | 08 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Sets up nightspot on square with borrowed capital | Irish Times Crosaire | 08 May 2021 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount? |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Red state? | Family Time | 19 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Student ___ | New York Times | 08 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Amount owed | Newsday | 06 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Money owed | Newsday | 24 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Financial liability | Universal | 14 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Student's burden, often | New York Times | 05 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Does extensive borrowing tend primarily to create it? |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed | USA Today | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Credit card balance, say | The Washington Post | 16 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Credit card balance, say | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Cardholder’s burden | Wall Street Journal | 26 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | . Former society girl and model makes commitment |  |  | 
          
            | Commitment | The Guardian Speedy | 20 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | ___ ceiling | New York Times | 13 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | What's owed by one breaking out? Tons |  |  | 
          
            | Pileup after digging a hole | New York Times | 24 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Something to pay | The Washington Post | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Something to pay | LA Times Daily | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Red-ink amount | Thomas Joseph | 05 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Financial worry | Wall Street Journal | 19 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Financial liability | Irish Times Simplex | 11 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Financial obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Card balance, say | LA Times Daily | 26 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Card balance, say | The Washington Post | 26 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Red cents? | New York Times | 18 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Money owed or due | The Times Concise | 20 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Duty originally to be endured daily, then lifted |  |  | 
          
            | National __ | The Washington Post | 06 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | National __ | LA Times Daily | 06 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | It's outstanding | The Washington Post | 03 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | It's outstanding | LA Times Daily | 03 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Owed amount | Eugene Sheffer | 06 May 2020 | 
          
            | Word after "sleep" or "national" | Universal | 30 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Many a college graduate's woe | Universal | 23 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Fiscal concern | The Washington Post Sunday | 19 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Credit card consequence, often |  |  | 
          
            | First time out, useless opener dismissed — a liability? |  |  | 
          
            | Money you owe |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Obligation | Wall Street Journal | 04 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Something that money clears up | Family Time | 02 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Visa balance, for example | Wall Street Journal | 02 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Ower's onus | USA Today | 28 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause | Family Time | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Start avoiding university money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Upended garden feature over time becomes liability |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Financial liability | Newsday | 15 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Sleep ___ (busy student's woe) | Universal | 13 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Balance on a card, say | LA Times Daily | 01 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Balance on a card, say | The Washington Post | 01 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Something outstanding that nobody wants? | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Financial problem? | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Arrears | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Matter of great interest for the United States |  |  | 
          
            | Matter of great interest for the United States | New York Times | 08 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | It’s sought by a collector | Wall Street Journal | 19 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Restructuring target |  |  | 
          
            | Restructuring target | New York Times | 13 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Factor affecting a bond's rating |  |  | 
          
            | Factor affecting a bond's rating | New York Times | 06 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Leaving university, coming out with this? |  |  | 
          
            | Certain collector's concern | Newsday | 10 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Budgetary concern | Newsday | 09 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | It's nice when it's forgiven | New York Times | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Credit report item | LA Times Daily | 24 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Credit report item | The Washington Post | 24 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | Sum of money owed to someone |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink | New York Times | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | Student loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card woe | USA Today | 08 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Something outstanding that nobody wants? |  |  | 
          
            | Owed amount | Thomas Joseph | 14 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | What you are in if you did 3d |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to the company store | USA Today | 21 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Burden for more than forty-four million American students | The New Yorker | 04 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | It's owed out | Family Time | 03 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Borrowed amount |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | It may be crushing | Wall Street Journal | 02 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | It may be crushing |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to the company store |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card woe |  |  | 
          
            | It's sought by a collector |  |  | 
          
            | Credit report item |  |  | 
          
            | It's nice when it's forgiven |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed | Universal | 09 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Subtraction to obtain net worth | Newsday | 16 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Money can wipe it out | Universal | 27 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | What many college students accrue | New York Times | 16 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Loan application section | The Washington Post | 13 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Loan application section | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Repayable loan | Canadiana | 27 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Money destroys it | Universal | 22 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Unpaid loan |  |  | 
          
            | 1990s Wink Martindale game show that paid off contestants' obligations | Jonesin | 14 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Borrower's burden | USA Today | 13 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Item in red | USA Today | 11 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Savings obstacle | The New Yorker | 16 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Militant finally given the sack after uprising -- a liability? | The Telegraph Toughie | 11 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Starts to drive everywhere by taxi? You'll soon get into it! |  |  | 
          
            | Common borrowing result | The Washington Post | 14 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Common borrowing result | LA Times Daily | 14 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Pay-off target | Universal | 09 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Borrower's burden | Wall Street Journal | 09 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 topic | Universal | 01 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | That which a creditor may chase | The Times Specialist Sunday | 20 May 2018 | 
          
            | Obligation | The Washington Post | 29 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Obligation | LA Times Daily | 29 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Financial obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Many a student's woe | The Washington Post Sunday | 22 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Amount that needs to be repaid |  |  | 
          
            | It's composed of balances | The Washington Post | 15 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | It's composed of balances | LA Times Daily | 15 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | The state of owing | Family Time | 08 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | It may be payable monthly | The Washington Post | 16 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | It may be payable monthly | LA Times Daily | 16 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Many a college graduate's burden | The Washington Post | 18 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Many a college graduate's burden | LA Times Daily | 18 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Retirement place goes west with ton of money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Balance owed | Newsday | 12 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Economic concern | New York Times | 05 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 topic |  |  | 
          
            | Pay-off target |  |  | 
          
            | Common borrowing result |  |  | 
          
            | It's composed of balances |  |  | 
          
            | Loan application section |  |  | 
          
            | Many a college graduate's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Economic concern |  |  | 
          
            | What many college students accrue |  |  | 
          
            | Money can wipe it out |  |  | 
          
            | Money destroys it |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Item in red |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | An IOU implies it | Universal | 26 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed from French telephone company | The Telegraph Toughie | 21 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | It's bad when it's outstanding | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 10 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Fiscal issue | Newsday | 02 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Thing requiring a payoff | Universal | 24 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Money owed | Family Time | 01 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Pecuniary obligation | Canadiana | 25 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Word with ceiling or financing | New York Times | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 cause | Family Time | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Obligation to lift bottom onto end of seat |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | The Times Concise | 21 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | What may grow with interest | New York Times | 17 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Pound of flesh | Universal | 09 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Amount owed |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed | New York Times | 05 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Something a shopaholic might be in |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount | Wall Street Journal | 19 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Red ink item | LA Times Daily | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Red ink item | The Washington Post | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Something outstanding one doesn't want to be in? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | What a credit card balance indicates | Family Time | 03 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Unpaid credit card bills, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation | The Guardian Speedy | 29 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Obligation | New York Times | 02 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Plastic user's burden | USA Today | 21 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | College ___ | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 17 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | ___ relief | New York Times | 26 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Arrears | New York Times | 12 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Visa concern | New York Times | 08 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Unpaid bill | Family Time | 05 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Arrearage | Newsday | 12 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Something a shopaholic might be in | New York Times | 12 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Any credit card balance | Universal | 11 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | This money of yours isn't exactly yours |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | ___ relief |  |  | 
          
            | It's bad when it's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Word with ceiling or financing |  |  | 
          
            | What may grow with interest |  |  | 
          
            | Visa concern |  |  | 
          
            | College ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink item |  |  | 
          
            | Thing requiring a payoff |  |  | 
          
            | Pound of flesh |  |  | 
          
            | Any credit card balance |  |  | 
          
            | An IOU implies it |  |  | 
          
            | Something a shopaholic might be in |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | Bill‘s in bed – rising temperature |  |  | 
          
            | Compulsive gambler's woe, often | USA Today | 01 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 concern | USA Today | 29 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Dough shortage consequence | LA Times Daily | 18 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Credit card abuser's woe | USA Today | 18 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Outstanding amount | Thomas Joseph | 17 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Unpaid balance | Newsday | 11 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Amount owed | LA Times Daily | 07 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | It's not wonderful if it's outstanding | Wall Street Journal | 19 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Credit-card balance, e.g | Family Time | 18 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Outstanding credit | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Student woe | New York Times | 30 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | It may be forgiven | New York Times | 23 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Overcharging condition? | Universal | 17 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Red state? | USA Today | 05 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | It's often seen in red | Newsday | 22 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Economic burden | Newsday | 17 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Delinquent's problem | Universal | 03 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Binge consequence, perhaps | The Washington Post | 28 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Collector's target | LA Times Daily | 11 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Cardholder's problem | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Kind of crisis | Wall Street Journal | 02 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Student woe |  |  | 
          
            | It may be forgiven |  |  | 
          
            | Red state? |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging condition? |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card abuser's woe |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of crisis |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's target |  |  | 
          
            | Dough shortage consequence |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding credit |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation of first appearance leaving university | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Credit card balance | Universal | 18 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Red ink | The Washington Post | 27 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | It's often paid back | USA Today | 01 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Money owed | Premier Sunday | 11 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | A matter of interest? | Wall Street Journal | 09 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Credit card figure | Jonesin | 29 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Unpaid bill | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 issue | Universal | 27 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | College student's accumulation | New York Times | 27 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Fiscal shortfall | Newsday | 21 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Financial millstone | Universal | 26 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Liability in first performance, not united |  |  | 
          
            | Balance sheet item | Universal | 01 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Obligation | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Non-U first performance that's outstanding | The Telegraph Cryptic | 31 May 2015 | 
          
            | Amount owed | Eugene Sheffer | 25 May 2015 | 
          
            | Amount in an i.o.u | New York Times | 11 May 2015 | 
          
            | Clancy's "___ of Honor" | USA Today | 25 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | You can pay your way out of it | USA Today | 20 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g | Family Time | 20 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Chapter 11 factor | LA Times Daily | 08 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Kind of ceiling | New York Times | 05 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Money owed | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | It's owed | Family Time | 22 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Bar tab, e.g | Premier Sunday | 15 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Amount of money owed | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 15 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Amount owed | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 13 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Mortgage | Canadiana | 02 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Credit card result | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Student loans, for instance | Jonesin | 08 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Clancy's "___ of Honor" |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal shortfall |  |  | 
          
            | It's often paid back |  |  | 
          
            | Amount in an i.o.u. |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance |  |  | 
          
            | Financial millstone |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of ceiling |  |  | 
          
            | Student loans, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding figure |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink amount |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed |  |  | 
          
            | A matter of interest? |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 factor |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 factor |  |  | 
          
            | Major U.S. export |  |  | 
          
            | You can pay your way out of it |  |  | 
          
            | Bar tab, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | College student's accumulation |  |  | 
          
            | Balance sheet item |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 issue |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic user's concern |  |  | 
          
            | Not a good thing to go into |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink signifies it |  |  | 
          
            | Auto loans and credit card balances |  |  | 
          
            | Balance-sheet item |  |  | 
          
            | Charging result |  |  | 
          
            | Suze Orman topic |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal shortfall |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal concern |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Hole to be dug out of? |  |  | 
          
            | Borrowing consequence |  |  | 
          
            | Side of a ledger |  |  | 
          
            | Thing often of interest? |  |  | 
          
            | Something to seek relief from |  |  | 
          
            | Red-ink entry |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | It's indicated in red |  |  | 
          
            | Bankruptcy factor |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | 2012 campaign issue |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed |  |  | 
          
            | It's not good when it's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | If it's outstanding, it's really not good |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic user's concern |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | Financial obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Pound of flesh |  |  | 
          
            | You may get into it while shopping |  |  | 
          
            | Economic burden |  |  | 
          
            | Many a student's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Insolvency cause |  |  | 
          
            | It's tough to be in a lot of it |  |  | 
          
            | It's tough to be in a lot of it |  |  | 
          
            | Concern of a certain ceiling |  |  | 
          
            | Result of charging |  |  | 
          
            | ___ of gratitude |  |  | 
          
            | Result of a dough shortage? |  |  | 
          
            | Result of a dough shortage? |  |  | 
          
            | Red-ink entry |  |  | 
          
            | What a credit card holder may rack up |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed to record company |  |  | 
          
            | Gambler's problem |  |  | 
          
            | Creation from plastic? |  |  | 
          
            | It's owed |  |  | 
          
            | Balance due, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | It may lead to bankruptcy |  |  | 
          
            | Cause of red ink |  |  | 
          
            | It might be forgiven |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid bill |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | It may lead to bankruptcy |  |  | 
          
            | What red ink symbolizes |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic user's concern |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic user's concern |  |  | 
          
            | Balance due, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Amount owed |  |  | 
          
            | You may get into it while making purchases |  |  | 
          
            | Some are up to their ears in this |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card problem |  |  | 
          
            | Charging result |  |  | 
          
            | Owed money |  |  | 
          
            | Cardholder's woe |  |  | 
          
            | Indentured servant's problem |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | Red state? |  |  | 
          
            | Reason for an IOU |  |  | 
          
            | Balance sheet item |  |  | 
          
            | Cause for Chapter 11 |  |  | 
          
            | It might be consolidated |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 issue |  |  | 
          
            | Charging result |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging result |  |  | 
          
            | Owed money |  |  | 
          
            | Net worth factor |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 issue |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's item? |  |  | 
          
            | Net worth factor |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid credit card bills, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in red |  |  | 
          
            | What shoppers may go into |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink |  |  | 
          
            | Money you owe |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid credit card bills, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Balancing problem |  |  | 
          
            | Money you owe |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's item? |  |  | 
          
            | Cardholder's woe |  |  | 
          
            | Borrowing consequence |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's item? |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (owing money) |  |  | 
          
            | Subject of interest |  |  | 
          
            | Thing of interest? |  |  | 
          
            | Money you owe |  |  | 
          
            | Student loans, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Owed dough |  |  | 
          
            | Borrowing burden |  |  | 
          
            | Balance sheet minus |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Spendthrift's hangover |  |  | 
          
            | Cardholder's woe |  |  | 
          
            | Borrowing consequence |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding amount |  |  | 
          
            | The red, so to speak |  |  | 
          
            | Bad thing to run up |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | It definitely costs to be in it |  |  | 
          
            | What bonds represent |  |  | 
          
            | It may be run up at Christmastime |  |  | 
          
            | Creditor's concern |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Asset's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Why Little Dorrit's father is imprisoned |  |  | 
          
            | Money owed |  |  | 
          
            | Current national all-time record |  |  | 
          
            | What a marker indicates |  |  | 
          
            | Reason for imprisonment, once |  |  | 
          
            | Bad thing to run up |  |  | 
          
            | Current national all-time record |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Cause of bankruptcy |  |  | 
          
            | IOU subject |  |  | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card bills, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Outstanding bill |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | Problem for the bottom line |  |  | 
          
            | What a borrower carries |  |  | 
          
            | What a note signifies |  |  | 
          
            | You may get into it while shopping |  |  | 
          
            | It might be guaranteed |  |  | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Consumer pitfall |  |  | 
          
            | Bankruptcy cause |  |  | 
          
            | Corporate problem |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging concern? |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | What red ink signifies |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Red-ink entry |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card consequence |  |  | 
          
            | Deadbeat's avoidance |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging concern? |  |  | 
          
            | Binge consequence, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | The red, so to speak |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's item? |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Governmental worry |  |  | 
          
            | It'll cost you to be in it |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card woe |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | It may be assumed |  |  | 
          
            | It'll cost you to be in it |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | It might be consolidated |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Borrower's burden |  |  | 
          
            | Cardholder's problem |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 issue |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation to pay off |  |  | 
          
            | Unpaid group of 7-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Clancy's "___ of Honor" |  |  | 
          
            | It could be something of great interest |  |  | 
          
            | You can get it with a credit card |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Something to stay on top of |  |  | 
          
            | Subject of interest |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink |  |  | 
          
            | Red state? |  |  | 
          
            | Obligatory note |  |  | 
          
            | It may be assumed |  |  | 
          
            | The red, so to speak |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed |  |  | 
          
            | Bill balance |  |  | 
          
            | Item in red |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | It may be something of great interest |  |  | 
          
            | It needs to be paid off |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Gambler's woe |  |  | 
          
            | IOU |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card worry |  |  | 
          
            | Balance due |  |  | 
          
            | Burden |  |  | 
          
            | Card balance |  |  | 
          
            | It might be rescheduled |  |  | 
          
            | Student loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Spendthrift's hangover |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears item |  |  | 
          
            | Marker |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | 6-Down result |  |  | 
          
            | Pound of flesh, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Chit subject |  |  | 
          
            | National problem, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Item always in the red |  |  | 
          
            | Cause for Chapter 11 |  |  | 
          
            | Number in red |  |  | 
          
            | Around 6 trillion bucks, for the U.S. |  |  | 
          
            | You're strapped when you're in it |  |  | 
          
            | What a marker indicates |  |  | 
          
            | Binge consequence, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Binge consequence, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Marker, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Marker, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Corporate woe |  |  | 
          
            | Result of some sprees |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Credit card balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Marker |  |  | 
          
            | Card balance |  |  | 
          
            | It may be outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | National ___ |  |  | 
          
            | National ___ |  |  | 
          
            | It's due on the day of reckoning |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 cause |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Chit |  |  | 
          
            | Red ink entry |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | What an IOU signifies |  |  | 
          
            | Loan, for instance |  |  | 
          
            | Marker |  |  | 
          
            | Thing of interest? |  |  | 
          
            | ___ of honor |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | Ledger listing |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Balance sheet item |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging concern? |  |  | 
          
            | Red condition? |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a financial statement |  |  | 
          
            | Overcharging concern? |  |  | 
          
            | Financial obligation |  |  | 
          
            | It's sometimes forgiven |  |  | 
          
            | It may be crushing |  |  | 
          
            | Reason for imprisonment, once |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Mortgage  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Financial millstone |  |  | 
          
            | Some are up to their ears in this |  |  | 
          
            | Clancy's "_____ of Honor" |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 concern |  |  | 
          
            | ___ of gratitude |  |  | 
          
            | What bonds signify |  |  | 
          
            | It may be forgiven |  |  | 
          
            | Delinquent's problem |  |  | 
          
            | Money due |  |  | 
          
            | In ___: owing |  |  | 
          
            | Credit-card balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | IOU |  |  | 
          
            | Chapter 11 concern |  |  | 
          
            | Charger's acquisition |  |  | 
          
            | National ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Financial burden |  |  | 
          
            | Due |  |  | 
          
            | Cause for Chapter 11 |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed |  |  | 
          
            | What IOUs acknowledge |  |  | 
          
            | Visa charge |  |  | 
          
            | Credit's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Red state? |  |  | 
          
            | Cause for Chapter 11 |  |  | 
          
            | "Net assets" deduction |  |  | 
          
            | It's outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Corporate concern |  |  | 
          
            | Visa balance, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Government worry |  |  | 
          
            | Reason for an I.O.U. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of financing |  |  | 
          
            | Financial worry |  |  | 
          
            | Liability |  |  | 
          
            | Due |  |  | 
          
            | Corporate problem |  |  | 
          
            | Red item |  |  | 
          
            | Something owed |  |  | 
          
            | I.o.u., e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Large U.S. problem |  |  | 
          
            | I.o.u. |  |  | 
          
            | National problem |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal concern |  |  | 
          
            | National U.S. problem |  |  | 
          
            | This may cause vigorish |  |  | 
          
            | Arrears |  |  | 
          
            | U.S.A. problem |  |  | 
          
            | Antonio's worry |  |  | 
          
            | One of America's problems |  |  | 
          
            | Financial headache |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation |  |  | 
          
            | Score |  |  | 
          
            | Red-ink entry |  |  | 
          
            | Arrearage |  |  | 
          
            | Collector's item |  |  | 
          
            | Loan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | N.Y.C. problem |  |  | 
          
            | I.o.u. cause |  |  | 
          
            | Item in the red |  |  | 
          
            | I.O.U. |  |  | 
          
            | I.O.U. matter |  |  | 
          
            | National concern |  |  | 
          
            | $277-billion item |  |  | 
          
            | Deficit. |  |  | 
          
            | An obligation. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ ceiling |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal cliff concern |  |  | 
          
            | Concomitant of credit. |  |  | 
          
            | Something on the cuff. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ limit. |  |  | 
          
            | Sin, in theology. |  |  | 
          
            | Sin: Theol. |  |  | 
          
            | Fiscal problem. |  |  | 
          
            | National ___. |  |  | 
          
            | Liability. |  |  | 
          
            | National figure. |  |  | 
          
            | Obligation. |  |  | 
          
            | U.S. problem |  |  | 
          
            | It's often acquired with a new house |  |  | 
          
            | I. O .U. |  |  | 
          
            | Red figure. |  |  | 
          
            | IOU item. |  |  | 
          
            | The national ___. |  |  | 
          
            | The national burden. |  |  | 
          
            | Big figure in National Budget. |  |  |