View admissions of debt as flippant (9)
I believe the answer is:
facetious
'flippant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'view admissions of debt' is the wordplay.
'view' becomes 'facet' (I've seen this before).
'admissions of debt' becomes 'ious' (I've seen this in other clues).
'facet'+'ious'='FACETIOUS'
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for facetious that I've seen before include "Flippantly humorous" , "Using inapt humour" , "Intended to be amusing or witty" , "Waggish" , "Tongue-in-cheek" .)