Do too much crayoning to get beyond one's credit (8) |
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Bounce a check |
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Spend more money than you have in the bank |
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Take out too much money to partially cover drawbridge (8) |
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Go into the red through stalemate (8) |
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Exceed credit limit (8) |
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Trace? You may lose your balance! (8) |
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Dover, affected by return of war, will get in the red (8) |
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Exaggerate one's draughtsmanship and get into the red (8) |
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Go into the red |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Dec 2023 |
Take more credit than warranted? |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2023 |
Add too much to sketch and get a negative balance |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Mar 2023 |
Exaggerate: 'Oscar? Very poor reward!' |
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Make a banking error |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2021 |
Take too much old derv that is processed crude |
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Exaggerate and take more money from an account than what it contains |
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No longer be in black tie, having left earlier |
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Commit a checking error |
Universal |
16 Jun 2018 |
You go now on attraction to take too much? |
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Commit a checking error |
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Use more money than you have in the bank |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Apr 2017 |
Commit a banking boo-boo |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2016 |
Inflate an account maybe — or unduly reduce one |
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Exaggerate when describing unwanted tie |
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Have trouble with one's balance? |
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Cause some bouncing? |
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Take some credit for ward? |
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Have trouble with one's balance |
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*Use bank "protection" |
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*Use bank "protection" |
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Make a bank goof |
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Take too many Scrabble tiles, e.g. |
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Write a check you can't cover |
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Have trouble with one's balance? |
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Outspend one's account |
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Have trouble with one's balance |
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Take too much credit |
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Lose one's balance? |
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Commit a banking boo-boo |
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Cause one's check to bounce |
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Misuse one's checking account |
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Exaggerate. |
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