Protected from the wind
The crossword clue "Protected from the wind" is answered by ALEE, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALEE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEE answer page.
Used 36 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- On the safe side - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Out of the storm - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Aweather's opposite - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- Sheltered from the wind - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Protected, at sea - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Sheltered, nautically - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
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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