Kukla's friend

The answer

FRAN

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1952. 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.

• OLLIE (26 uses in xd)

Other clues for FRAN

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

• Drescher of "The Nanny" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Humorist Lebowitz - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Drescher - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Lebowitz - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Nanny" actress Drescher - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Drescher or Tarkenton - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• QB Tarkenton - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Kukla, ___ and Ollie" - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Tarkenton of football - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Football great Tarkenton - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Football's Tarkenton - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hall of Fame quarterback Tarkenton - 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.

• French friend - AMIE, used 144 times
• Friend - ALLY, used 96 times
• "My Friend __" - IRMA, used 45 times
• Friend in war - ALLY, used 40 times
• "Friends" friend - ROSS, used 31 times
• French female friend - AMIE, used 27 times

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