CLEAR A LOAN is a financial term that refers to the process of paying off a loan in full. The three crossword solutions BUS, ERASE, and REPAY are all related to this process. BUS is an acronym for 'BORROWER's Unconditional Satisfaction, ' which is a legal document that must be signed by the BORROWER in order to officially clear the loan. ERASE is a verb meaning to remove or cancel something, which in this case would refer to the debt being removed from the BORROWER's record. Finally, REPAY is a verb meaning to pay back, which is the action taken by the BORROWER to clear the loan.