First ___

The answer

AID

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

Used 32 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 8 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.

• INITIAL (28 uses in xd)
• IFAT (27 uses in xd)
• PRIMAL (18 uses in xd)
• EARLIEST (10 uses in xd)
• ORIGINAL (10 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 ___ 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

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.

• First lady - EVE, used 190 times
• Went first - LED, used 125 times
• Was in first place - LED, used 51 times
• First mate? - EVE, used 46 times
• Came in first - WON, used 37 times
• Finish first - WIN, used 37 times

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