The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 4 letter word IN DEBT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IN DEBT
- Popular retirement place got back thousands initially owing
- Behind with payment as rise in base interest comes around
- Gone under twin bed when wife’s gone out
- Embarrassed where to put uniform for debut?
- Unable to settle at home, put back bedtime
- Descriptive of one who can’t settle
- Husband wound up behind bars, given time at the Marshalsea?
- Owing money is driving Italian round bend, possibly
- Spent too much time following trendy society girl
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The straight part
We know that "Gone under" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gone under = in debt.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.