Help in a crime
The crossword clue "Help in a crime" is answered by ABET, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABET
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABET answer page.
Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABET
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABET, most used first.
- Help a hood - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Aid and ___ - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Encourage - used 75 times, most recently in 2012
- Aid in crime - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Help in a heist - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Help a crook - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Help with a heist - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Aid's partner - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Incite - used 48 times, most recently in 1998
- Assist in wrongdoing - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Assist in a crime - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Help in crime - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Aid illegally - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Help in wrongdoing - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Help with a crime - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Aid in wrongdoing - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Assist in crime - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Support - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Drive the getaway car - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
- Help - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Drive the getaway car, say - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "Not on __!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- Aid in a crime - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Second. - used 22 times, most recently in 1996
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Without help - SOLO, used 49 times
- "Help ___ the way!" - ISON, used 48 times
- Crime boss - CAPO, used 28 times
- "Not if ___ help it!" - ICAN, used 23 times
- Detective Wolfe of crime fiction - NERO, used 22 times
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