First payment? Crossword Clue

We have the 4-letter answer for First payment? crossword clue, last seen in the USA Today Crossword March 7, 2026 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the answer!

First payment? Crossword Answer

→69.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
2. let for money
(noun)
1. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
2. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PAYMENT (noun)
1. the act of paying money
2. an act of requiting; returning in kind
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TERN

More USA Today Crossword (3/7/2026) Answers

Across

1. "I call dibs"

5. Synagogue leader

10. Some families have two

14. Got on in years

15. The "O" of the magazine O

16. 233.7 square miles, for Seoul

17. Shop that sells amps, reeds and strings

19. *Well shoot

20. Fortnite ___ Royale (last-player-standing game mode)

21. Sly, untrustworthy types

23. Washington's bill

24. Right away

26. Outdoor supply co-op

27. First gentleman?

29. Attention-getting word

31. Cash dispensers

34. Yearly publication of world records

38. An actor might memorize one

41. NOLA's time zone

42. Sitting at a red light

43. Game with a rack and cues

44. Less moist

46. Equipment

47. Bowling venue

49. "What __ can I do?"

50. CAT scan alternative

51. It gives a golfer a raise

52. North Pole toy-maker

54. Recede like the tide

57. Health care tool for tracking medical records, test results, etc.

64. Like skyscrapers

66. Oratorio solo

67. Tropical fruit

68. High-five sound

70. Remove from a bulletin board, say

71. Lock openers.

72. Spots

73. "That's heartbreaking"

All Answers

Down

1. Cuban dance

2. Large arboreal lizard

3. Like Russian dolls

4. Revise

5. Classic Valentine's Day flowers

6. Well-suited

7. Makeup tool for shaping arches

8. Like an empty cupboard

9. "People are saying ..."

10. Achieved major success

11. Taken by mouth

12. Department store section

13. Droop

18. "Stop talking!"

22. Blue areas on maps

25. "Dream" singer Priscilla

28. Quick on one's feet

30. Some RSVPs

32. Bit of surfing equipment?

33. Like power from rooftop panels

35. ___ be an honor

36. "The Iron Lady" actress Meryl

37. "___ is so very" (rhyming ad slogan)

38. Petty quarrel

39. Singer Nat King ___

40. Act out a scenario

45. Person making calls for a living

48. As of now

53. Storytellers

55. Fake

56. Mars among the stars?

58. Range that spans eight countries

59. Number of lives for a cat

60. Bits of ink, for short

61. Bugle call used to signal "lights out"

62. Brand of athletic shoes

63. Touch down, like a plane

64. Sound of disapproval

65. Blond in a pub?

All Answers