Away from the wind
The crossword clue "Away from the wind" is answered by ALEE, a 4-letter entry. Used 282 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ALEE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEE answer page.
Used 282 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- LEEWARD (10 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALEE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ALEE, most used first.
- Sheltered - used 261 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of the wind - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- Sheltered, at sea - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward shelter - used 127 times, most recently in 2019
- Downwind - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times
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