Gives a hand to
The crossword clue "Gives a hand to" is answered by AIDS, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AIDS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AIDS answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.
- APPLAUDS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AIDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AIDS, most used first.
- Lends a hand - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Helps - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Helps out - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Assists - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Supports - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Gives a hand - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Lends a hand to - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Comes to the rescue - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Lends support to - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitches in - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Facilitates - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Succors - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Is a good Samaritan - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Abets - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gives a boost to - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Boosts - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Benefits - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Hand over - CEDE, used 187 times
- At hand - NEAR, used 139 times
- Upper hand - EDGE, used 133 times
- Lend a hand - HELP, used 67 times
- Clenched hand - FIST, used 61 times
- Close at hand - NEAR, used 60 times
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