Due crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Due” are CLAIM, CHILL or TALLY, with 5 letters. Below are 35 answers from 3 to 13 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

COD 3 letters · noun

the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

RICH 4 letters · adjective

causing indignation due to hypocrisy

CLAIM 5 letters · noun

demand for something as rightful or due “they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day”

UNPAID 6 letters · adjective

not paid “unpaid wages”

COLLECT 7 letters · verb

get or gather together

EXPECTED 8 letters · adjective

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive “prepared for the expected attack”

REPAYABLE 9 letters · adjective

subject to repayment “business loans are usually repayable in regular installments”

DELINQUENT 10 letters · adjective

past due; not paid at the scheduled time “a delinquent account”

COLLECTIBLE 11 letters · adjective

subject to or requiring payment especially as specified “a collectible bill”

ATTRIBUTABLE 12 letters · adjective

capable of being attributed “the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale”

PROPORTIONATE 13 letters · adjective

being in due proportion “proportionate representation of a minority group”

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, CLAIM, CHILL and TALLY all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → CLAIM · H → CHILL · A → TALLY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, UNPAID, BADASS and BLITHE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: N → UNPAID · A → BADASS · L → BLITHE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, COLLECT, PAYABLE, REVENUE, LICENSE, DEFAULT and LICENCE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: C → COLLECT · P → PAYABLE · R → REVENUE · L → LICENSE, LICENCE · D → DEFAULT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “dues” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “due” means

• adjective: owed and payable immediately or on demand (“payment is due”)
• adjective: scheduled to arrive (“the train is due in 15 minutes”)
• adjective: suitable to or expected in the circumstances (“all due respect”)
• adjective: capable of being assigned or credited to (“the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as DUE, and words whose definition is DUE. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.