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Was Short Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is OWED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
verb

• be obliged to pay or repay

• be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

• be in debt

98%6Exact Match!
adjective satellite

• necessary for relief or supply

30%3 Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
noun

• an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

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New York Times11 Jan 2013 Across 27
New York Times06 Jul 1976 Down 46
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