Is indebted to Crossword Clue
4 letters · New York Times · Wednesday, July 26, 2023 · 40-Down
Appeared in 5 New York Times Crosswords between January 2016 and July 2023.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · July 26, 2023 · 40-Down · 4 letters
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What does this clue mean?
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
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