Lose credit owing to others? (2,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
be in debt
'others?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'lose credit owing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'owing' could be 'indebt' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'indebt' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'be' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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