Gave a hand
The crossword clue "Gave a hand" is answered by AIDED, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AIDED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AIDED answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 11 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.
- CLAPPED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AIDED
Every other clue in this collection answered by AIDED, most used first.
- Helped - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Lent a hand - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Helped out - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Assisted - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Lent a hand to - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Lent support to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitched in - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Abetted - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Right-hand page - RECTO, used 143 times
- Gave a hoot - CARED, used 66 times
- Gave up - CEDED, used 61 times
- Left-hand page - VERSO, used 54 times
- Lends a hand - HELPS, used 52 times
- Gave medicine to - DOSED, used 43 times
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