On the safe side
The crossword clue "On the safe side" is answered by ALEE, a 4-letter entry. Used 56 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1930. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALEE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEE answer page.
Used 56 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1930. It appears in 15 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.
- LEEWARD (4 uses in xd)
- DDDD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALEE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALEE, most used first.
- Away from the wind - used 282 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Not aweather - used 80 times, most recently in 2025
- On the sheltered side - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of aweather - used 77 times, most recently in 2020
- Helm position - used 48 times, most recently in 2016
- Nautical adverb - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the sheltered side - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- 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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