Friend in a conflict

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 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Colleague - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• French friend - AMIE, used 144 times
• "My Friend __" - IRMA, used 45 times
• "Friends" friend - ROSS, used 31 times
• French female friend - AMIE, used 27 times
• Female friend, in France - AMIE, used 26 times
• Literary conflict - AGON, used 25 times

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