Colleague
The crossword clue "Colleague" is answered by ALLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLY answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. 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.
- CONFRERE (4 uses in xd)
- COMPATRIOT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLY, most used first.
- Friend - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Confederate - used 70 times, most recently in 2019
- Comrade in arms - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Friendly nation - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Associate - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
- Supporter - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Actress Sheedy - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- Friend in war - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- One on your side - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Partner - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Friend in battle - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Comrade - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Treaty partner - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Compatriot - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Wartime partner - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Partner in war - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Friend in a fray - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
- Helper. - used 16 times, most recently in 1997
- Friend in need - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
- Bedfellow - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Fellow fighter - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Partner in battle - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Role for Calista - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- "The Breakfast Club" actress Sheedy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Unite - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Join forces - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- One who's on your side - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cohort - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Friend in a conflict - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Person on your side - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Wartime comrade - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Comrade in battle - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Enemy's opposite - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- One in your corner - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Treaty co-signer - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Treaty signer - 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.
- Clark's colleague - LOIS, used 23 times
- Colleague - PEER, used 23 times
- Colleague of Agatha - ERLE, used 12 times
- Currier's colleague - IVES, used 11 times
- Agatha's colleague - ERLE, used 8 times
- Mao colleague - CHOU, used 8 times
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