The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 5 letter word GO DUTCH
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More clues leading to the result GO DUTCH
- Travel with wife, pay half each
- Words encouraging wife, perhaps, to pay own share
- Don't pay for each other's fare, people!
- Share costs on condition daughter moves in with child
- Share game with continental
- Split the cost of work with mate
- Share the cost of setter, say, turning up with nasty cut on top of head
- Attempt, with wife, to share expenses equally
- Leave spouse in Bow and settle equitably
- Come on wife, split the bill!
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "to bear one’s own costs" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to bear one’s own costs = go dutch.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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