"Family Ties" role

The answer

ALEX

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEX answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 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.

• ELYSE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALEX

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALEX, most used first.

• "Roots" author Haley - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Haley - used 58 times, most recently in 2022
• TV's Trebek - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• "Jeopardy!" host Trebek - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Trebek of "Jeopardy!" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball's Rodriguez - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Haley or Trebek - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Emcee Trebek - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Quizmaster Trebek - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• "Jeopardy!" name - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Soccer star Morgan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• The "A" in A-Rod - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "Family Ties" son - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Michael's "Family Ties" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• "Roots" writer Haley - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Haley - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Clockwork Orange" narrator - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Trebek of TV - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• TV host Trebek - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Drummer Van Halen - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Family Ties" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Game show host Trebek - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Man's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• "A Clockwork Orange" protagonist - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Host Trebek - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Slugger Rodriguez - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The A of A-Rod - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Ties the knot - WEDS, used 161 times
• "A Death in the Family" author - AGEE, used 124 times
• Family - CLAN, used 115 times
• "Casablanca" role - ILSA, used 110 times
• Starring role - LEAD, used 103 times

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