| Was short perhaps | 18 |
| Was outstanding? | 16 |
| Was on the hook | 15 |
| Was obliged to | 14 |
| Was obliged | 11 |
| Was in debt to | 14 |
| Was in danger of a shark's bite | 35 |
| Used credit | 11 |
| To be paid | 10 |
| Still outstanding | 17 |
| Still hadn't paid | 21 |
| Still had to pay | 16 |
| Remaining to be paid | 20 |
| Receivable | 10 |
| Put on layaway, perhaps | 23 |
| Not yet repaid | 14 |
| Not repaid | 10 |
| Like money to be repaid | 23 |
| In line to receive | 18 |
| Hadn't settled yet | 22 |
| Hadn't paid yet | 19 |
| Had to settle | 13 |
| Had to hand it to? | 18 |
| Had problems with a shylock, perhaps | 36 |
| Had overdrawn | 13 |
| Had liabilities | 15 |
| Had chits to pay | 16 |
| Had checks to write | 19 |
| Had charges | 11 |
| Had an i.o.u. out | 17 |
| Had a tab | 9 |
| Had a responsibility | 20 |
| Had a debt | 10 |
| Fell behind financially | 23 |
| Faced unpaid bills | 18 |
| Charged it | 10 |
| Accounts unpaid | 15 |
| "You ___ one" | 23 |
| "You _____ one" | 25 |
| "You ___ big-time" | 28 |
| "You ___ big time" | 28 |
| "You __ one" | 22 |
| "I got this check" | 28 |
| Author Wister | 13 |
| "A Prayer for ___ Meany" | 34 |
| Wilson of "Wedding Crashers" | 38 |
| Novelist Wister | 15 |
| Apt name for a guy in debt? | 27 |
| "The Virginian" author Wister | 39 |
| John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany" | 52 |
| Actor Clive | 11 |
| Writer Wister | 13 |
| Wilson of "Marley & Me" | 37 |
| Wilson of "Midnight in Paris" | 39 |
| Meany of literature | 19 |
| Luke Wilson's brother | 25 |
| Wilson of "The Royal Tenenbaums" | 42 |
| "The Virginian" writer Wister | 39 |
| ''A Prayer for ___ Meany'' | 42 |
| Wister who wrote "The Virginian" | 42 |
| Wister | 6 |
| Wilson of "Starsky & Hutch" | 41 |
| Wilson of "Shanghai Noon" | 35 |
| Wilson of "Shanghai Knights" | 38 |
| Wilson of "Drillbit Taylor" | 37 |
| Wilson of ''Wedding Crashers'' | 46 |
| Oscar nominee Clive | 19 |
| "A Prayer for --- Meany" | 34 |
| ''The Virginian'' author Wister | 47 |
| Wilson with a funny nose | 24 |
| Wilson of "Zoolander" | 31 |
| Western writer Wister | 21 |
| Poet Wilfred | 12 |
| Frequent comedy costar with Ben | 31 |
| First name in an Irving title | 29 |
| Clive of "Shoot 'Em Up" | 37 |
| British poet Wilfred | 20 |
| Ben's comedy costar | 23 |
| "You, Me and Dupree" actor Wilson | 43 |
| "Wedding Crashers" actor Wilson | 41 |
| "Children of Men" star Clive | 38 |
| "A Prayer for ___ Meany" (Irving novel) | 49 |
| WWI poet Wilfred __ | 19 |
| Writer Wister or actor Wilson | 29 |
| Writer ___ Wister | 17 |
| Wister who wrote westerns | 25 |
| Wilson of Tinseltown | 20 |
| Wilson of film | 14 |
| Wilson of "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" | 56 |
| Wilson of "The Internship" | 36 |
| Wilson of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" | 46 |
| Wilson of "The Darjeeling Limited" | 44 |
| Wilson of "Starsky and Hutch" | 39 |
| Wilson of "Starsky & Hutch," 2004 | 47 |
| Wilson of "Meet the Parents" | 38 |
| Wilson of 'Midnight in Paris' | 37 |
| Wilson of ''Cars'' | 34 |
| Western writer ___ Wister | 25 |
| W.W. I poet Wilfred | 19 |
| Vince's costar in "The Wedding Crashers" | 54 |