Challenge was good, initially absorbing up to the time one walked out bearing half the debt Crossword Clue

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Crossword Answer For Challenge was good, initially absorbing up to the time one walked out bearing half the debt :

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GAUNTLET Challenge was good, initially absorbing up to the time one walked out bearing half the debt (8)
6% FIRSTTEST Initial challenge (9) New York Times Oct 4, 2025
5% OWES Is in debt (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 17, 2025
5% TEST Challenge (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
5% BLAST Really good time (5) USA Today Oct 16, 2025
5% OWE Be in debt (3) LA Times Daily Oct 10, 2025
5% HIPPO Semiaquatic animal in pond - half in, half out (5) The Times Cryptic Oct 3, 2025
5% SOP ___ up (absorb) (3) USA Today Sep 29, 2025
5% ORIENT Get one's bearings (6) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2025
5% INTO Absorbed by (4) Commuter Sep 19, 2025
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