A helping hand

The answer

AID

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AID answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1930. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SUCCOR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AID

Every other clue in this collection answered by AID, most used first.

• Help - used 284 times, most recently in 2026
• Lend a hand - used 182 times, most recently in 2026
• Assistance - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• Succor - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Assist - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Help out - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Support - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Helping hand - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Relief - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• First ___ - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
• First ___ kit - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Lend a hand to - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Subsidy - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Facilitate - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Pitch in - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Abet's partner - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
• Financial ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Give a hand - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Backing - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Come to the rescue of - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Give a boost to - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Give a hand to - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• First follower - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Foreign ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Abet - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Financial support - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Mutual ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• First or foreign follower - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Give a leg up - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Give help to - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Samaritan's offer - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• A hand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and abet - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Band-___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Come to the rescue - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Further - used 8 times, most recently in 1985
• SOS response - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Benefit - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Go to bat for - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Red Cross offering - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Samaritan's offering - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Boost - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• FEMA offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Provide assistance to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Old hand - PRO, used 166 times
• On the other hand - YET, used 61 times
• Hand holder? - ARM, used 50 times
• On the other hand - BUT, used 49 times
• Old hand - VET, used 46 times
• Four-in-hand - TIE, used 27 times

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