Without a partner

The answer

ALONE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALONE answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. 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.

• SOLO (5 uses in xd)
• LONE (4 uses in xd)
• MATELESS (2 uses in xd)
• STAG (2 uses in xd)
• ODD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALONE

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

• Unaccompanied - used 224 times, most recently in 2026
• Solo - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• By oneself - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Unescorted - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Without help - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Isolated - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Solitary - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Single-handedly - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Without company - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Without assistance - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Stag - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Unaided - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclusively - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Singly - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Unique - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• "Home ___" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Without companions - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Flying solo - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Without peer - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Without aid - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• By yourself - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• By itself - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Unassisted - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut off - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Without an escort - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Matchless. - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Companionless - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• In isolation - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Helpless? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Without others - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Sans company - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Without support - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Byrd book - used 17 times, most recently in 2003
• On one's own - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Single-handed - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Unmatched - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• All by oneself - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ at last!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Without equal - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Unrivaled - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Separate - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• How solitaire is played - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Uniquely - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• In solitary - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Forsaken - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Peerless - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Set apart - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Single - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Without a companion - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Without any assistance - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Dateless - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Lacking company - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Without a date - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Without anyone else - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Garbo line ender - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Having no company - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Leave me ___!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave well enough __ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Like a hermit - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Peake novel "Titus ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Without any help - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Home ___" (Macaulay Culkin film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• In seclusion - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Only. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
• Solitarily - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• All by yourself - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Apart from others - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Deserted - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• End of a Garbo line - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• In bad company, according to Bierce - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• In solitude - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sans support - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Unequaled - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• With nothing more. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• Cut off from everyone else - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Detached - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Garbo-like - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Going solo - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "In bad company," to Ambrose Bierce - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Incomparable - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Independently - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Isolated from others - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Lacking a partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Like an eremite - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Without peers - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Stiller's partner - MEARA, used 91 times
• Martini's partner - ROSSI, used 63 times
• Can't do without - NEEDS, used 62 times
• Without ___ in the world - ACARE, used 61 times
• Stan's partner - OLLIE, used 54 times
• Without letup - ONEND, used 47 times

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