The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DUES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DUES
- Appealed, having switched sides, for subs
- After changing limits, made application for subscription
- Deserts, or nameless features thereof
- Early deposits, we hear, in regular payment
- Club payments coming directly from the North?
- Heartless cheats may get what’s deserved
- OCR error, when reading ‘clues’, leading to replacement with “out-standings”
- Vigorously sued for outstandings
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The straight part
We know that "regular payment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case regular payment = dues.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DUES mean?
DUES noun- Deserved acknowledgment.
- (in plural dues) A membership fee.
- That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
- Right; just title or claim.
- Membership fees.