Clique

The answer

CLAN

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 1988; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 1 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.

• SET (44 uses in xd)
• COTERIE (23 uses in xd)
• INGROUP (12 uses in xd)
• POSSE (7 uses in xd)
• GANG (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for CLAN

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

• Family - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Extended family - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Family group - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Big family - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Large family - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Highlands family - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Extended family group - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribe - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Reunion group - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Close-knit group - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Highlands group - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Hatfields or McCoys - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Highland group - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
• Scottish family - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Tartan-wearing group - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• The Kennedys, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Scottish group - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Social group - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
• Group of families - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Kin group - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Social unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
• "The ___ of the Cave Bear" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Wu-Tang ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Kinship group - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Large family group - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Scot's family - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Family unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Group. - used 7 times, most recently in 1973
• Group with a common ancestor - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Group with a tartan - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish family group - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tartan wearers - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• The Hatfields or the McCoys - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Tribal unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Family reunion group - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Highlander family - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• The McCoys, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Tribal division - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Tarzan's clique - APES, used 49 times

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