Employ alert screwball to cover expenses (4,7) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Employ alert screwball to cover expenses (4,7) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 23, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MEETPAYROLL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MEETPAYROLL Employ alert screwball to cover expenses (4,7) (11) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 23, 2026
5% USES Employs (4) USA Today Oct 20, 2026
5% RENT Tenant's expense (4) Universal Oct 19, 2026
5% CASHBUFFER Money set aside to cover emergency expenses (10) USA Today Oct 14, 2026
5% COSTLY Very expensive (6) Commuter Oct 5, 2026
5% USING Employing (5) Premier Sunday Oct 4, 2026
5% HIRE Employ (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 1, 2026
5% USE Employ (3) The Telegraph Quick Sep 30, 2026
5% APB NYPD alert (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 21, 2026
5% FORE Fairway alert (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 19, 2026

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