Bosom buddy
The crossword clue "Bosom buddy" is answered by CRONY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRONY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRONY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CRONY
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRONY, most used first.
- Close friend - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Chum - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Pal - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Sidekick - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
- Old pal - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Cohort - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Partner in crime - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Bert's buddy - ERNIE, used 125 times
- Baja buddy - AMIGO, used 50 times
- Actor Buddy - EBSEN, used 41 times
- Barcelona buddy - AMIGO, used 34 times
- Buddy - AMIGO, used 33 times
- ___ buddy - BOSOM, used 31 times
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