Lend a hand
The crossword clue "Lend a hand" is answered by AID, a 3-letter entry. Used 182 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 26 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AID
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AID answer page.
Used 182 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 26 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.
- HELPOUT (9 uses in xd)
- PITCHIN (9 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
- 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
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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